With the Lok Sabha elections getting into the essential phases as solely two of the seven phases are left for voting, an incident of bogus voting has come to mild from Bihar’s Darbhanga. The police detained three ladies in burqas as they tried to solid bogus votes. After the ladies had been detained, a crowd of Muslims gathered on the police station at 2 AM and created chaos till the ladies had been freed forcibly.
Celebration in Police Station Premises
When the ladies had been launched from the police detention, the group celebrated throughout the police station premises. The police have registered FIRs towards 24 recognized and 130 unidentified people in reference to the incident.
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Police Raids To Nab Culprits
The video footage from Could 20, 2024 reveals how a mob undermined the Election Fee and regulation enforcement. In Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency, polling station quantity 85 in Deuda Bandhauli of Darbhanga district, some ladies in burqas had been caught casting fraudulent votes. Suspicious cops investigated and detained one Muslim man and three Muslim ladies, resulting in chaos on the sales space. The police took the 4 into custody on the station.
As quickly because the information unfold, round 150 Muslims gathered on the station within the night. A number of politicians additionally arrived. The station officer acknowledged that authorized processes and interrogation had been ongoing, however the mob was not glad. Round 150 Muslims started to wreak havoc within the station, gathering extra neighborhood members.
They forcibly freed the 4 pretend voters from Jale police station at 2AM and celebrated. The mob additionally created a ruckus within the station, and a number of other folks had been seen celebrating. The police had been outnumbered and will do nothing as the group took away the 4 pretend voters.
Upon receiving the knowledge, Darbhanga Superintendent of Police Jagunath Reddy, Metropolis SP Shubham Arya, SDPO, and Sadar SDO rushed to the station. CCTV footage was reviewed, and an FIR was lodged towards 24 recognized people, together with the bogus voters.
Assertion from Senior Police Officer
Senior Superintendent of Police Jagunath Reddy instructed Zee Information that 4 people had been detained for bogus voting on election day. A proper criticism was filed by the sector officer at Jale police station. Throughout the interrogation, a crowd of 130-140 folks forcibly took the detainees away. Based mostly on CCTV footage, 24 people had been recognized and named within the FIR, with a further 130 unidentified people included.
The incident got here days after a Congress chief’s alleged enchantment to voters of a selected neighborhood to hold out ‘vote jihad’. The BJP has slammed the Congress over the incident.
