Greater than 100 individuals, together with a village head, have been booked for an alleged assault on Hindu activists who have been protesting towards the neglect and poor situation of a cow shelter within the village, police mentioned on Sunday. A case has additionally been registered towards 36 of the protesting activists together with a frontrunner of Bajrang Dal for allegedly attacking the individuals, together with Badhai Kala village head Dharmendra, officers mentioned. Station Home Officer (SHO) Jasvir Singh mentioned {that a} case has been registered towards the village head and over 100 others.
He mentioned the FIR has been lodged beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 191 (rioting), 190 (member of illegal meeting), 131 (assault or prison power), 115 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 352 (intentional insult to impress breach of peace). Prices have additionally been invoked from the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the SC-ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, he added.
In response to a grievance lodged by a Bajrang Dal chief Pankaj Deep, a bunch of Hindu activists visited the cow shelter on December 24 to protest towards its alleged neglect and poor situation. The grievance alleges that over 100 individuals, led by Dharmendra, attacked the activists and injured them through the incident, it mentioned.
Additional investigation is underway, the SHO mentioned. In the meantime, of the protesting activists 36 together with Pankaj Deep have additionally been booked for attacking the individuals together with the village head of Badhai Kala.
Station Home Officer Jasvir Singh mentioned a case has been registered towards the 36 individuals together with the Bajrang Dal chief beneath BNS sections 191 (rioting), 190 (member of illegal meeting), 131 (assault or prison power), 115 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 352 (intentional insult to impress breach of peace) and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
