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.

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.

The court ordered that the FIR be lodged at Kanti police station in the district under IPC sections 153, 295 and 504, which relate to provocation with an intent to cause riot, and insult with an intent to provoke breach of peace.

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.