New Delhi, Feb 10: In Rajya Sabha, BJP MP Kailash Soni has raised the matter of Hindu youth Kishan Bharwad murder case by the radical Islamists. The youth was shot dead in broad daylight at Dhandhuka in Ahmedabad district over a mere social post that Muslims found offensive, even though he had apologized for the same.

 

 

The BJP leader said that the ATS probe into the case has revealed that Kishan Bharwad was murdered on the lines of Kamlesh Tiwari. He was the Hindu Samaj Party leader who was killed brutally at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, by Islamists on October 18, 2019.The BJP leader stated that Maulana Shabbir was given the contract to kill 11 other persons, including Sudarshan TV’s Suresh Chavhanke and Yati Narsinghanand.

 

 

Kailash Soni (BJP) said,"I want to mention the murder of Kishan Bharwad in Gujarat. ATS has revealed that the accused wanted to kill Sudarshan TV’s Suresh Chavhanke along with 11 others." He said that security to nationalist Suresh Chavhanke and Jitendra Tyagi (alias Wasim Rizvi) should be provided.

 

 

The BJP Rajya Sabha member further said that the Gujarat Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) interrogated accused Shabbir Imtiaz, Maulana Ayyub Jawrawala of Jamalpur and revealed that the murder contract was given with an intention to instigate communal riots and perpetuate chaos in the country ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections in 5 states Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab, and Uttarakhand.

 

 

According to the Dhandhuka police, Boliya was shot dead by two unidentified bike-borne assailants as he, along with his cousin Bhaumik Boliya, was passing by the Modhwada locality of Dhandhuka town around 5:30 pm on a two-wheeler. At least six clerics have been arrested across India in the aftermath of Kishan Bharwad’s murder. So far, eight persons have been arrested in connection with the case.