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Kanpur assault case: Minorities commission sends notice to police

Among other things, the commission has sought information regarding the mental and physical well-being of the man’s daughter present with him during the assault and arrests made in the case so far. The commission has sought a response within a week.
Kanpur assault case: Minorities commission sends notice to police
The disturbing video clip of the incident showing the man’s little daughter crying and trying to cling with him and begging for mercy from a mob of assaulters, went viral on the social media on Thursday.
KANPUR: The National Commission for Minorities on Friday took suo motu cognizance of the Wednesday’s assault on a 45-year-old man in the city and sent notice to the police commissioner, stating that the incident has “hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community”.
Meanwhile, the three men arrested in the matter on Thursday night were released on bail on Friday.
UP: Three arrested for assault on Muslim man in Kanpur get bail
Among other things, the commission has sought information regarding the mental and physical well-being of the man’s daughter present with him during the assault and arrests made in the case so far.
The commission has sought a response within a week.
In its notice, the commission has further asked what action had been taken against the accused, who assaulted the person, besides how many persons had been arrested and sections under which the accused had been booked.
The commission also asked about the preventive measures taken to avoid recurrence of such incidents in future to create an atmosphere of peace and communal harmony. “What action has been taken against the policemen in whose presence the person was being beaten up,” the commission questioned.

Also, the Commission said that due to the incident, the rights of the child of the victim have been violated, and asked whether the mental and physical condition of the child has been evaluated after this incident. “If so, a detailed report may be furnished in this regard,” the Commission added.
It went on to ask whether any statement of the child has been recorded. “A video clip of the same may also be furnished,” it stated further.
Meanwhile, three persons, who were arrested on Thursday night for allegedly assaulting the 45-year-old man, accusing him of indulging in religious conversion in the Barra area of the city, were released on bail on Friday.
“The three accused, Ajay Rajesh, Aman Gupta and Rahul Kumar, booked under sections 147, 323, 504 and 506 of IPC following a complaint by the victim Afsar Ahmed, have been released on bail,” said inspector Barra Harmeet Singh.
He added, “As all the IPC sections are within the ambit of punishment less than seven years, all the three accused have been granted bail from the police station itself.”
On Friday, Samajwadi Party national president and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav condemned the incident “of openly beating an innocent youth on the instigation of BJP”. “Such incidents are shameful for democracy. Law and order is completely destroyed in the state,” he added.
The State Commission for Minorities has also expressed displeasure and wrote a letter to the police commissioner asking to reply in three days, and register a case and take strict action, besides providing security cover to the aggrieved family.
To recall, a disturbing video clip of the incident showing the man’s little daughter crying and trying to cling with him and begging for mercy from a mob of assaulters, went viral on the social media on Thursday. Later, the police rescued the man and brought him to the police station.
Police had said that the three main accused were arrested late Thursday night in connection with the Wednesday evening incident of assault and humiliation of Afsar Ahmed, an e-rickshaw driver. The Barra police had filed an FIR against a local man, who runs a marriage band, his son and around 10 unknown people based on a complaint by Afsar Ahmed.
“Among whom, Ajay alias Rajesh Bandwala, Aman Gupta and Rahul Kumar were arrested,” police said.
Meanwhile, in protest against the arrest of three persons, local activists reached DCP South office in the night and sat on a dharna. The officials assured them of a fair investigation following which they left.
A woman resident of Kacchi Basti had accused her neighbours Saddam, Salman and one Mukul of molesting her daughter and getting her converted with the lure of Rs 20,000.
The police had registered a case on July 31, but in the absence of evidence during preliminary investigation, the police did not file a section of conversion in the FIR.
In protest against this, the local activists later created a ruckus at Ram Gopal crossing in Kachchi Basti in Barra on Wednesday evening.
When Afsar, a relative of one of the molesters passed by with his seven-year-old daughter, the activists dragged and thrashed him severely. Later, a video of the incident also went viral.
DCP South Raveena Tyagi later visited Afsar Ahmed’s house and met his daughter.
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