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2 Muslim brothers pose as Hindus, desecrate mazaars to stir communal rigidity in UP’s Bijnor

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LUCKNOW: Two brothers — Mohammad Adil and Mohammad Kamal — had been hung on Monday on fees of desecrating and vandalising 3 mazaars (shrines) to vitiate communal environment throughout the continued Kanwar Yatra in Bijnor district of western UP.

Each the boys had been noticed donning saffron turbans and destroying over 100 years previous ‘Mazaars’ — Dargah Bhure Shah Baba and Jalalshah Baba along side Qutub Shah’s tomb — in Bijnor’s Sherkot space on Sunday night. In addition they set on hearth the ‘chaadar’ introduced at the tomb.

As in keeping with the highly-placed assets, each Adil and Kamal had been being grilled by way of sleuths of the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad, Intelligence Bureau and Particular Job Pressure to determine their reason in the back of the mischief. “A large communal conspiracy was once avoided on July 24 below Sherkot Police Station limits. The district police were given the guidelines was once won about two other people ransacking Jalal Shah Mazar and burning a number of ‘chadar’,” mentioned ADG (Regulation and order) Prashant Kumar.

“Certainly reason was once to disrupt communal solidarity. They tried this on key day of Kanwar. Had police no longer been vigilant, it will have ended in one thing severe. Case has been registered in opposition to each the accused and investigation is on,” mentioned Prashant Kumar, ADG (Regulation & Order).

The ADG claimed that there have been preliminary reviews of desecration of a couple of spiritual books additionally however investigation confirmed that no harm to the spiritual inscriptions was once achieved.

“No harm achieved to spiritual texts,” he emphasized. In step with Kumar, the 2 accused are brothers by way of relation and had previous desecrated the Qutub Shah Mazar in Sherkot.

“This complete topic presentations makes an attempt to soil the ambience amid the Kanwar Yatra. Box officials urged to be extra alert; steady social media tracking additionally underway,” ADG Kumar emphasized.

In step with ADG (Regulation and Order), the guidelines won to this point claimed that accused Kamal had travelled to many nations, together with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and the investigation companies would additionally probe this attitude. With the exception of the ATS, IB and STF, different central companies also are anticipated to interrogate the boys.

The incident got here to gentle when some passers-by noticed the brothers sporting out the rampage and knowledgeable the police. Quickly, the Bijnor DM and SP reached the spot and ordered to start out the restore paintings at the 3 vandalized tombs instantly so as to avert a delicate scenario that will have snowballed into a large controversy and communal flare-up.

The timing of the incident could also be suspect because it got here only a day prior to Shivratri of Saawan month on Tuesday when large motion of ‘Kanwariyas’ can be seen.

LUCKNOW: Two brothers — Mohammad Adil and Mohammad Kamal — had been hung on Monday on fees of desecrating and vandalising 3 mazaars (shrines) to vitiate communal environment throughout the continued Kanwar Yatra in Bijnor district of western UP.

Each the boys had been noticed donning saffron turbans and destroying over 100 years previous ‘Mazaars’ — Dargah Bhure Shah Baba and Jalalshah Baba along side Qutub Shah’s tomb — in Bijnor’s Sherkot space on Sunday night. In addition they set on hearth the ‘chaadar’ introduced at the tomb.

As in keeping with the highly-placed assets, each Adil and Kamal had been being grilled by way of sleuths of the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad, Intelligence Bureau and Particular Job Pressure to determine their reason in the back of the mischief. “A large communal conspiracy was once avoided on July 24 below Sherkot Police Station limits. The district police were given the guidelines was once won about two other people ransacking Jalal Shah Mazar and burning a number of ‘chadar’,” mentioned ADG (Regulation and order) Prashant Kumar.

“Certainly reason was once to disrupt communal solidarity. They tried this on key day of Kanwar. Had police no longer been vigilant, it will have ended in one thing severe. Case has been registered in opposition to each the accused and investigation is on,” mentioned Prashant Kumar, ADG (Regulation & Order).

The ADG claimed that there have been preliminary reviews of desecration of a couple of spiritual books additionally however investigation confirmed that no harm to the spiritual inscriptions was once achieved.

“No harm achieved to spiritual texts,” he emphasized. In step with Kumar, the 2 accused are brothers by way of relation and had previous desecrated the Qutub Shah Mazar in Sherkot.

“This complete topic presentations makes an attempt to soil the ambience amid the Kanwar Yatra. Box officials urged to be extra alert; steady social media tracking additionally underway,” ADG Kumar emphasized.

In step with ADG (Regulation and Order), the guidelines won to this point claimed that accused Kamal had travelled to many nations, together with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and the investigation companies would additionally probe this attitude. With the exception of the ATS, IB and STF, different central companies also are anticipated to interrogate the boys.

The incident got here to gentle when some passers-by noticed the brothers sporting out the rampage and knowledgeable the police. Quickly, the Bijnor DM and SP reached the spot and ordered to start out the restore paintings at the 3 vandalized tombs instantly so as to avert a delicate scenario that will have snowballed into a large controversy and communal flare-up.

The timing of the incident could also be suspect because it got here only a day prior to Shivratri of Saawan month on Tuesday when large motion of ‘Kanwariyas’ can be seen.