130 UP 'rioters' served recovery notice, asked to pay Rs 50 lakh
NEW DELHI:
The administrations of several UP districts have served recovery notices on 130
people for their alleged role in the “violent” anti-CAA stirs in various parts
of the state, asking them to pay up over Rs 50 lakh to avoid attachment of
their properties.
Notices were
served on Wednesday to 28 people in Rampur, 26 in Sambhal, 43 in Bijnor
and 33 in Gorakhpur for damaging property during Friday’s protests. According
to the notices, properties worth Rs 14.8 lakh in Rampur, nearly Rs 15 lakh in
Sambhal and Rs 19.7 lakh in Bijnor were damaged in the violence.
Many too poor to hire lawyers
In Gorakhpur, officials are yet to arrive at a final figure in monetary terms.
Rampur district
magistrate Anujaneya Kumar Singh said, “Only those people who were caught in
pictures and videos pelting stones or damaging property were served notices. We
have given them a week’s time to reply. Meanwhile, we have asked government
departments, including PWD, transport, nagar palika
parishad and police lines, whose property was damaged during the violence, to
submit a detailed verification report. Of the 28 people served notices, a few
have already been arrested.”
The
inventory of damaged property worth Rs 14.86 lakh in Rampur, as mentioned in
notices sent by ADM (finance), includes damaged police vehicles, police
barriers and equipment like a wireless set, a loudspeaker, 10 sticks, three
helmets, two body protectors and three cane shields.
Sambhal DM Avinash
Krishan Singh said, “We have served recovery notices to 26 people for damaging
property worth nearly Rs 15 lakh. Many of them have been arrested.”
Bijnor DM
Ramakant Pandey said, “We have assessed public properties damaged by
protesters, which amounts to Rs 19.7 lakh. Notices have been issued to 43
rioters, following which the process to attach their properties will begin.”
In Gorakhpur, Kotwali circle officer V P Singh said, “Those issued notices have
been asked to reach the police station concerned by Thursday. If they do not
turn up or fail to clarify their stand on charges against them, their
properties may be attached.”
Meanwhile,
many of those served notices claimed they had no role in the alleged violence
during the protests. Many are too poor to even engage lawyers for their kin in
detention.
In Rampur, the families of Pappu, Mehmood and Zameer, all residents of Nayi
Basti area, received notices on Wednesday. Pappu’s wife Seema, a mother of five
children, told TOI, “My husband, a daily-wage labourer, was sleeping at home on
Sunday morning when police arrested him.” Tasleem Jahan, whose husband Zameer
too was arrested, said, “We have got no money to pay fine to the government.”
Mohd Waseem, the brother-in-law of Mehmood, said, “No picture or video can
prove Mehmood’s participation in the protests. Mehmood just came out of his
house when cops arrived here to arrest Pappu and Zameer. He too was bundled
into the police jeep.”
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