Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar 'Ravan' has been slapped with the National Security Act (NSA) just a day after being granted bail, but before he had actually walked free.
According to a News18 report, Chandrashekhar has been booked under the NSA as per the District Magistrate. The NSA empowers the government to detain a person in order to prevent him from acting in any manner that can lead to a compromise of national security.
New18 reported SSP Saharanpur Babloo Kumar, saying:
Chandrashekhar, who is already in detention after his alleged involvement in the Saharanpur caste-based violence, has been booked under NSA as per the order of the District Magistrate.
The Allahabad High Court on 2 November, Thursday, granted bail to Chandrashekhar, the chief of dalit outfit Bhim Army, who was arrested on 8 June in connection with Thakur-Dalit clash in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district.
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Justice Mukhtar Ahmed allowed the bail plea of accused Chandrashekhar alias Ravan, accepting the argument of his counsel that neither any specific role had been assigned to the applicant in the FIR, nor it was alleged that he was possessing any weapon at the time of riot.
Appearing on behalf of the accused, advocate IM Khan pleaded that his client has been falsely implicated in the case.
He alleged that the members of Pratap Sena outfit entered into a locality of families belonging to scheduled castes in Saharanpur, and burned down houses and properties for which an FIR was lodged on 6 May.
As a counter, an FIR was lodged after three days, on 9 May at police station Saharanpur Dehat against the applicant, and 250 unknown person alleging loot, assault, causing
The court accepted the argument that the FIR was lodged after a delay of three days as a counter, Khan said.
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After hearing the counsel for the applicant and the state government, the court granted relief to Chandrashekhar, a lawyer by profession.
He was arrested on 8 June by the Uttar Pradesh task force from Himachal’ Dalhousie in connection with his alleged role in the Thakur-Dalit clash in Saharanpur.
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