2018 Kasganj violence accused nabbed for sharing provoking post

  • | Saturday | 19th January, 2019

Thakur, the prime accused in the 2018 Kasganj violence, is a member of Sankalp Foundation, whose chairperson is Anukalp Chauhan (26). Agra: Amid high alert to ward off any untoward incident on the occasion of Republic Day, the Kasganj Police on Saturday arrested two persons for sharing provoking content on social media. “Using social media, the two threatened to take out ‘Tiranga Yatra’ even after their written request to the district magistrate had been turned down. Their act of showing weapon on social media was also an attempt to provoke and disobey police rule.”“Vishal and Anukalp have been booked under CrPc 151,” said JKasganj station house officer Ashok Kumar. Violence erupted after Gupta was shot at and later succumbed to injuries during Tiranga Yatra on the Republic Day last year.Thakur and Chauhan, who were the main accused in the violence, surrendered in court after the riots.

Agra: Amid high alert to ward off any untoward incident on the occasion of Republic Day, the Kasganj Police on Saturday arrested two persons for sharing provoking content on social media. The two — Vishal Thakur and Anukalp Chauhan — had also been named accused in the previous year’s violence in the district during Tiranga Yatra on the occasion of Republic Day.Kasganj circle officer Gabendra Pal Gautam told TOI that the two accused were posing threat to peace and tranquility in the district. Thakur posted a revolver on his Facebook wall. “Using social media, the two threatened to take out ‘Tiranga Yatra’ even after their written request to the district magistrate had been turned down. Their act of showing weapon on social media was also an attempt to provoke and disobey police rule.”“Vishal and Anukalp have been booked under CrPc 151,” said JKasganj station house officer Ashok Kumar. Thakur, the prime accused in the 2018 Kasganj violence, is a member of Sankalp Foundation, whose chairperson is Anukalp Chauhan (26). Chandan Gupta, 21, who died of bullet injury in the previous year’s violence, was also a member of the foundation.A video clip of the last year’s violence accessed by TOI shows Thakur with Chandan Gupta on a bike during the ‘tiranga yatra’. The two, in fact, could be seen having heated altercation with a Muslim group. Violence erupted after Gupta was shot at and later succumbed to injuries during Tiranga Yatra on the Republic Day last year.Thakur and Chauhan, who were the main accused in the violence, surrendered in court after the riots. They were charged under serious sections of the 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.

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