Don murder fallout: Bhim Army demands additional security for Chandrashekhar

  • | Saturday | 14th July, 2018

On May 1, the act was invoked for the third time against him. Allahabad high court had granted him bail on November 2 in four cases but the state government immediately slapped National Security Act on him, extending his stay in jail.Just before the expiry of the term of NSA on February 2, the act was extended yet again. Meerut: Dalit organization Bhim Army has demanded “foolproof security” for its jailed founder Chandrashekhar Azad following the murder of dreaded don Prem Prakash alias Munna Bajrangi inside Baghpat jail.Ravi Gautam, a senior functionary of the organisation said, “There has always been a palpable security threat to Chandrashekhar, who has been wrongly confined to jail for the last one year, but now the threat perception is greatly heightened following the Baghpat jail murder which has exposed chinks in the jail administration security. The organization was agitating against the Sadak Doodhli village violence over Ambedkar Jayanti procession on April 23.Chandrashekhar had gone underground soon after but was arrested from Dalhousie on June 8 and has been in jail ever since. Chandrashekhar being a political prisoner, we demand heightened security around his barrack as well.”Munna Bajrangi was shot dead on Monday allegedly by a fellow inmate Sunil Rathi, who pumped seven bullets into his body over what police said was an altercation.District magistrate of Saharanpur, Alok Kumar Pandey said, “In the backdrop of Baghpat jail murder, there is heightened security in all jails of UP including Saharanpur and following instructions of the CM security will be reviewed intensively by us.

Meerut: Dalit organization Bhim Army has demanded “foolproof security” for its jailed founder Chandrashekhar Azad following the murder of dreaded don Prem Prakash alias Munna Bajrangi inside Baghpat jail.Ravi Gautam, a senior functionary of the organisation said, “There has always been a palpable security threat to Chandrashekhar, who has been wrongly confined to jail for the last one year, but now the threat perception is greatly heightened following the Baghpat jail murder which has exposed chinks in the jail administration security. Chandrashekhar being a political prisoner, we demand heightened security around his barrack as well.”Munna Bajrangi was shot dead on Monday allegedly by a fellow inmate Sunil Rathi, who pumped seven bullets into his body over what police said was an altercation.District magistrate of Saharanpur, Alok Kumar Pandey said, “In the backdrop of Baghpat jail murder, there is heightened security in all jails of UP including Saharanpur and following instructions of the CM security will be reviewed intensively by us. Regarding Chandrashekhar’s security, we have not received any written complaint from anyone so far.”Chandrashekhar is one of the main accused in the May 9, 2017 clash between Dalits and policemen in Saharanpur that witnessed widespread violence and arson in the city leading to burning of 20 vehicles and injury to several policemen.The clash was triggered after Bhim Army had sponsored a rally in the city without permission. The organization was agitating against the Sadak Doodhli village violence over Ambedkar Jayanti procession on April 23.Chandrashekhar had gone underground soon after but was arrested from Dalhousie on June 8 and has been in jail ever since. Allahabad high court had granted him bail on November 2 in four cases but the state government immediately slapped National Security Act on him, extending his stay in jail.Just before the expiry of the term of NSA on February 2, the act was extended yet again. On May 1, the act was invoked for the third time against him.

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