NB Explains | Congress MLA Mamman Khan for 'instigating communal clashes' in Nuh violence
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Gurugram, Sept 15: A special team of the Haryana Police has arrested Congress MLA Mamman Khan from Jaipur on charges of instigating people of a particular community during the violence that was witnessed in the Brajmandal Yatra in Nuh on July 31.
The MLA will be produced in the Nuh district court on Friday. Nuh witnessed heavy police deployment on Friday, with Section 144 of the CrPC imposed across the district. Along with additional police personnel from neighbouring districts, RAF has also been deployed in Nuh.
The development came after the state government told the Punjab and Haryana High Court that it had nominated him as an accused in an FIR in a case pertaining to the Nuh violence, which took place on July 31.
Haryana had informed the court on Thursday that, “In FIR No.149 dated August 1, 2023 registered under Sections 148, 149, 153-A, 379-A, 436, 506 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 at Police Station Nagina, District Nuh, Haryana; there are 52 accused persons out of which 42 persons have been arrested. One Taufiq, who is also an accused in the FIR was arrested on August 9th and Taufiq named Mamman Khan as one of the accused in this case.”
The state government then said that after “due investigation”, call details from the mobile phones and tower location of Taufiq and Khan were examined. “…it was found that calls were exchanged on July 29th and 30th – one day before July 31st when the Nuh violence took place. As per the tower location, Mamman Khan was within an area of 1.5 km from the place of occurrence on July 29th and 30th and thus, the averments to the effect that that he was not close to the place of the occurrence in the petition is not correct,” the government informed the court.
“Also, Mamman Khan had posted on WhatsApp as well as on Facebook on July 30th that ‘Nobody needs to worry as the petitioner had fought for them in the Vidhan Sabha and will fight for them in Mewat also.’ It is further submitted that one Abdulla Khan is also an accused who is yet to be arrested and even in one of his posts, he had mentioned “Engineer Mamman Khan MLA Mission complete”,” the state informed the court.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the violence case had earlier issued a notice on August 25 to Mamman, the MLA from Firozpur Jhirka Assembly constituency of Nuh district, on charges of instigating people for violence, and had asked him to join the investigation on August 31.
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In response to the notice, the MLA sent a medical note that he was suffering from a fever. After that, a second notice was given by the police on September 5 and then again on September 10, but he did not come. Mamman filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court defending himself from being arrested by the police, arguing that the case should be investigated by an SIT monitored by higher officials.
The high court issued a notice to the state government and the concerned authorities advised Mamman to file a petition in the lower court and gave him the next date scheduled on October 19. It was said on behalf of the MLA that he was not in the area on the day of the incident, while the police had collected complete evidence against him.
On July 31, violence took place during the Brijmandal Yatra in the Nuh district, which later spread to other areas in Gurugram,Palwal, Rewari, Sonipat and Faridabad. Six people died in the violence, including two home guards and a cleric. Apart from this, more than 80 people were injured.
Anil Vij blames Congress for violence - "Wherever Mamman Khan goes violence takes place"
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has also blamed the Congress party for the violence that erupted after clashes that broke out between two groups in Nuh district. He said that Congress MLA Mamman Khan has been summoned for investgations related to the violence. He said that Congress MLA Mamman was in touch with the rioters.
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