A team of city police has reached Delhi to probe the allegations against Maulana Syed Arshad Madani, president of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, for a provocative speech at a programme in the capital.
Two FIRs have been registered at two police stations (Basistha and Fatasil Ambari) in Guwahati and a third in Tezpur against Madani on the charge of promoting communal enmity between different communities. The complaints were filed by Utpal Das and Biswajit Nath.
Joint Commissioner of police Diganta Barah said, “Police is thoroughly investigating the matter and all the people related with the case will be questioned.”
Earlier, in a press conference, Assam DGP Mukesh Sahay said that the police were examining various evidences including the original audio and video recordings of a speech that Madani had made at a seminar in New Delhi on 13th November. He assured that appropriate action would be taken if the allegations were proved to be true.
Reports in several local newspaper and TV news channels in Guwahati have quoted the Jamiat chief Madani as saying that a conspiracy was hatched in Assam to take away the citizenship of Muslims and create another Myanmar. He was seen seated on the dais with prominent citizens and intellectuals from the city in a seminar titled “Current Political Impasse in Assam: Updating the NRC and the Question of Citizenship” which was organized by a group called Delhi Action Committee for Assam (DACA).
Senior journalist Manjit Mahanta who was a participant at the event said, “During the press interaction Madani had said one line that Assam will face a Myanmar like situation and immediately I and Prof (Retd) Hiren Gohain protested on the comment.”
He further said that Madani was not invited as a speaker but he made provocative remarks to the media which has been protested across the state.
Verification of 3.21 crore NRC applicants completed
Clearing the fog regarding the delay in National Register of Citizens (NRC) draft list publication, Assam NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela claimed that all the verification processes are complete.
Hajela told G Plus, “The draft list should be published before 31st December 2017. But we have not received any information about the Centre’s decision to defer the date.”
He clarified that the verification process of all the applications for inclusion in the register has been completed but the decision on whether they are genuine citizens would be taken soon which also includes the 1.23 crore applicants.
According to media reports, the Registrar General of Citizen Registration (RGCR) has pleaded before the Supreme Court making a case for the postponement of the date for the publication of the draft NRC. The central agency, the report said, had asked for a couple of months more for completion of the process.
