The families of retired Indian Police Service officer SR Darapuri and and Congress worker and activist Sadaf Jafar have alleged that Luckn...
The families of retired Indian Police Service officer SR Darapuri and and Congress worker and activist Sadaf Jafar have alleged that Lucknow administration officials threatened to seize their properties, if they fail to pay damages for public property destroyed during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act last year, The Indian Express reported on Monday.
“On Friday, around 20 officials came to our house and started to threaten us,” Darapuri’s grandson Siddharth told the newspaper. “They asked us where Darapuriji is. My grandfather was not here. They said that they will seize the property where we live in. They video-graphed our house, cars and the conversation my uncle had with the officials.”
Siddharth said the following day, another team visited the house and demanded to know where his grandfather was. The officials said they would confiscate the family’s property if Darapuri did not meet them, Siddharth alleged. “We have responded to all the notices, whereas the administration has not responded to any of our replies,” he said. “My grandmother is severely ill and has more than one comorbidity. If they evict us, where will we go during the [coronavirus] pandemic?” he asked.
On the other hand, Jafar told The Indian Express that a team of police and administration officials visited her...
