Lucknow: An FIR was registered Saturday against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and 20 party workers for allegedly assaulting journalists in Moradabad.
The FIR, a copy of which is with ThePrint, has been registered under Sections 147 (rioting), 342 (wrongful confinement), and 323 (causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Pakbara police station in Moradbad.
The FIR was filed following a complaint by a journalist association Thursday.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi party workers also filed a complaint against two journalists for breaching Akhilesh’s security and attacking his security personnel.
According to a source in police, Moradabad-based journalists Fareed Shamshi and Ubaid-ur-Rehman named have been named in the FIR filed by the Samajwadi Party workers.
The FIR against journalists has been registered under Sections 332 (hurt to any person being a public servant in the discharge of his duty), 353 (assault to public servant), 504 (provocation to any person) and 120-b (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
Amit Kumar Anand, SP, Moradabad, said, ”FIRs were lodged based on complaints from both parties. Further action will be taken based on the merits of the cases. An investigation is going on”.
“We are scanning the footage from CCTV cameras at the hotel and are probing the matter,” Anand added.
‘Fake case’, says Samajwadi Party
Chaos broke out Thursday evening after some journalists came too close to the security cover of Akhilesh at a hotel in Moradabad district where he had addressed a press conference.
The video of the incident, which went viral on social media, shows Akhilesh’s security personnel pushing and shoving through the crowd.
Many BJP leaders, including union minister Praksash Javadekar and UP BJP spokesperson, also shared the video on Twitter.
मुरादाबाद में समाजवादी पार्टी अध्यक्ष अखिलेश यादव के मौजूदगी में उनकी पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं ने पत्रकार को बेरहमी से पीटा,वजह थी कि पत्रकार ने ऐसे सवाल पूछ लिए जो अखिलेश को पसंद नही आये।
निंदनीय, अभिव्यक्ति की आज़ादी भारत की लोकतांत्रिक परम्पराओं का मूल है,इसका हनन अस्वीकार्य है pic.twitter.com/IMXwc8TNLv
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 12, 2021
इसीलिए कहते हैं टोपी वाले गुंडे….#मुरादाबाद में सवाल पूछने पर न्यूज़ 18 के पत्रकार पर भड़के अखिलेश यादव जी @yadavakhilesh #सपा pic.twitter.com/PHMqh78YnU
— Dr. Chandra Mohan (@cmbjpup) March 11, 2021
Samajwadi Party’s spokesperson Juhie Singh, meanwhile, said that a fake case has been registered against the Samajwadi Party chief.
लखनऊ: समाजवादी पार्टी प्रवक्ता जूही सिंह ने ट्वीट कर कहा- हमारे राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष @yadavakhilesh पर फर्जी मुकदमा दर्ज किया गया है- जूही सिंह
यह कोई साधारण घटनाक्रम नहीं है ,याद रहेगा और याद रखेंगे हम- जूही सिंह@juhiesingh @Shalabhoffice @myogiadityanath @News18UP pic.twitter.com/EzEyAaRHhe
— Roshan Kumar Journalist (@cameraman_r) March 13, 2021
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Wrong article for the wrong link
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