The Moradabad city administration in Uttar Pradesh has issued a show-cause notice to poet-turned-politician Imran Pratapgarhi to recover R...
The Moradabad city administration in Uttar Pradesh has issued a show-cause notice to poet-turned-politician Imran Pratapgarhi to recover Rs 1.04 crore for the expenses incurred by the state police during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, The Indian Express reported on Sunday.
The police claimed “a large group of a particular section has been gathering for protests at Eidgah” since Pratapgarhi’s call for a demonstration there on February 7, violating prohibitory orders. The protests started on January 29, and have seen a large number of women participate.
The notice issued by Additional City Magistrate Rajesh Kumar said the amount was calculated on the basis of the daily cost of deploying security personnel at the protest site, Hindustan Times reported. “Keeping in mind the law and order situation, one extra platoon of RAF [Rapid Action Force] and another company-and-a-half section of PAC [Provincial Armed Constabulary] has been deployed, which costs Rs 13.42 lakh per day,” read the notice. “Therefore, the administration can recover 1.04 crore from you.”
Kumar said the day before the poet participated in the protest, he had been sent a notice under Section 111 of Code of Criminal Procedure magistrate – order against any person who is likely to commit breach of peace – “asking him to sign a bond [saying]...
