Court Orders FIR Against Guj CM, Thakor for Attacks on Migrants
The court in Bihar ordered that the FIR be lodged under IPC sections 153, 295 and 504.
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A court in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, on Tuesday, 22 January, directed the police to lodge a case against Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor while hearing a petition, which accused them of inciting attacks against migrants from Bihar.
Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (West), Muzaffarpur, Saba Alam, passed the order on the petition of Tamanna Hashmi, a social activist.
Incidents of violence against migrants were reported from Gujarat last year after a man from Bihar was accused of raping and murdering a girl.
It was alleged that many of the attackers belonged to an organisation headed by Thakor. The Congress MLA has denied the allegation.
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