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Court orders FIR against Yogi Adityanath case complainant over ‘doctored video’

Hindustan Times, Gorakhpur | By
Dec 14, 2018 09:11 PM IST

A local court, which is hearing a hate speech case against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, has ordered an FIR against the main complainant after the investigating agency told the court that a doctored video was submitted as evidence.

A local court, which is hearing a hate speech case against Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, has ordered an FIR against the main complainant after the investigating agency told the court that “a doctored video” was submitted as evidence.

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference at his residence in Lucknow on Friday.(PTI)
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addresses a press conference at his residence in Lucknow on Friday.(PTI)

Chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Nusrat Khan ordered the police to lodge an FIR against activist Pervez Parvaz, who is already serving jail sentence in a gang-rape case lodged against him in June this year.

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Parvaz had filed a petition against the then-Gorakhpur MP Adityanath and four others, accusing Adityanath of giving hate speech and allegedly inciting communal violence in Gorakhpur after a person was killed during Muharram procession in 2007.

The case was handed over to the CBCID and during investigation Parvaz had produced a DVD of the speech as evidence.

After the forensic test, CBCID submitted its final report, which was challenged by Parvaz in the high court. However, the court rejected his plea and now the CJM ordered an FIR against Parvaz.

Apart from Adityanath, BJP leader Shiv Pratap Shukla (now minister of state, finance), MLA Radha Mohan Das Aggarwal, Anju Chowdhary (former mayor and now member of women commission) and Dr YD Singh, former MLC, were booked for the 2007 riots, in which one person was killed and several others were injured.

“The court was apprised that the DVD was edited to show the content as hate speech, after which it passed an order to lodge an FIR against the complainant,” said Ashok Kumar Singh, who appeared for the petitioner.

SHO Cantonment, Ravi Rai said the case will be lodged after the order of the court was received.

In 2007, Parvez Parvaz, who then worked as a journalist, and his associate Asad Hayat, had alleged in the police complaint that provocative speech by Adityanath led to the riot.

All these years, the case was pending in court and the then-SP government did not allow the prosecution of the accused.

Soon after the formation of the BJP government in May 2017, the chief secretary denied permission to prosecute the accused. Later, the Allahabad high court too rejected a plea seeking permission to prosecute Adityanath.

Earlier this year, Parvaz and Hayat moved the Supreme Court demanding a probe by an independent agency.

On August 20, while hearing the case, the apex court asked the UP government as to why Adityanath should not be prosecuted. It asked the state government to submit its response in eight weeks.

Soon after, the case took a curious turn when Parvaz and his associate Jumman, a faith healer, were arrested after a local woman accused the duo of outraging her modesty. Parvaz dismissed the allegations, saying he was being framed for fighting against injustice.

Interestingly, during initial investigations, the charges against Parvaz and Jumman were found to be fake and a closure report was also submitted to the court but it was rejected and a fresh investigation was ordered by the then SSP Shalabh Mathur.

In the fresh probe, the police claimed that there were corroborative evidence against the accused and the medical examination of the victim confirmed the sexual assault. He was subsequently sent to jail.

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