Outfit that brought out ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Kasganj last year wants it this time too, admin says no

  • | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

Son of a clerk in CJM court, Kasganj, he was granted bail even though he was booked under non-bailable charges. Sanklap Foundation, whose members were allegedly involved in the last year’s brawl, was one of them.”Notably, Vishal Thakur, the prime accused in the 2018 Kasganj violence who had given the call for the ‘Tiranga Yatra’, was a member of Sankalp Foundation. Later, the youths in the yatra were purportedly seen firing shots in the air and hitting a Muslim youth with a lathi which sparked the violence.The charge sheet, which was filed by SIT in the district court in May, revealed a major goof-up by Kasganj police. The 21-year-old youth, Chandan Gupta, who died of bullet injury in the violence, was also a member of the foundation.Several CCTV footage and videos shot from mobile phones showed how the foundation members as well as other youths on motorbikes allegedly engaged in a fight with the residents of a Muslim-dominated locality. Agra: Flooded with requests for taking out ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on the Republic Day, Kasganj district administration has denied permission to all, including Sanklap Foundation, whose members participated in a bike rally on January 26, 2018, that led to communal clashes in the district in which a youth was shot.Speaking with TOI, Kasganj district magistrate R P Singh said, “Taking precautionary measures to maintain law and order on the Republic Day, we have denied permission to all to take out any yatra in the city since it is a new tradition.

Agra: Flooded with requests for taking out ‘Tiranga Yatra’ on the Republic Day, Kasganj district administration has denied permission to all, including Sanklap Foundation, whose members participated in a bike rally on January 26, 2018, that led to communal clashes in the district in which a youth was shot.Speaking with TOI, Kasganj district magistrate R P Singh said, “Taking precautionary measures to maintain law and order on the Republic Day, we have denied permission to all to take out any yatra in the city since it is a new tradition. Sanklap Foundation, whose members were allegedly involved in the last year’s brawl, was one of them.”Notably, Vishal Thakur, the prime accused in the 2018 Kasganj violence who had given the call for the ‘Tiranga Yatra’, was a member of Sankalp Foundation. The 21-year-old youth, Chandan Gupta, who died of bullet injury in the violence, was also a member of the foundation.Several CCTV footage and videos shot from mobile phones showed how the foundation members as well as other youths on motorbikes allegedly engaged in a fight with the residents of a Muslim-dominated locality. Later, the youths in the yatra were purportedly seen firing shots in the air and hitting a Muslim youth with a lathi which sparked the violence.The charge sheet, which was filed by SIT in the district court in May, revealed a major goof-up by Kasganj police. The accused allegedly involved in riots were ironically made government witnesses against the 24 accused named in the Chandan Gupta alias Abhishek murder case.Anukalp Chauhan and Saurabpal, who surrendered in court after the riots, were made witnesses although they were charged under serious sections of IPC, including 147 (punishment for rioting), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class), 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 7 CLA Act.Anukalp Chauhan, 26, is the chairperson of Sankalp Foundation. Son of a clerk in CJM court, Kasganj, he was granted bail even though he was booked under non-bailable charges.

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