Man held for ‘disrespecting’ Ambedkar in Kheri

Lucknow | Sunday | 9th December, 2018

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But, the manner in which the statue was carried is unacceptable, thus the accused was booked and sent to jail. Mohammdi circle officer Nishtha Upadhyaya told TOI, “Phoolchand told police that his brother was suffering from mental illness. As the accused is a Dalit, sections of the SC/ST Act were not added to the FIR.” Two more persons are visible in the video, but their role is not clear, so their names were not included in the FIR, said police. But, he failed to provide a medical document to support his claim.”Upadhyaya said, “The statue was kept in the accused’s house for the past 10 years, and he pulled it out of his house and dragged it to the panchayat office with the help of his ox for the reasons best known to him..