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FIR Accuses Jignesh Mevani of Obstructing Police
Police in Gujarat have filed a case against Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani and seven other people.
The case is about an incident at a police station on October 8.
A Congress candidate, Yunus Parmar, had been called in after a campaigner complained that he had been threatened.
A police inspector says Mevani and the others came to the station and stopped him from doing his work.
The complaint also says they made a disturbance and prevented Parmar’s statement from being recorded.
Police further allege that slogans and a video could increase tension between communities.
These are claims in the FIR, not findings of guilt.
Police said nobody had been arrested when the report was published.
Police registered an FIR against Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani and seven others on Sunday.
The complaint concerns an incident at Pethapur police station after Yunus Parmar was called in for questioning.
Police Inspector A.M. Desai alleges the group obstructed him, disrupted the station and prevented Parmar’s statement from being recorded.
The FIR also alleges the group raised community-related slogans and circulated a video intended to promote enmity.
The accused face charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Gujarat Police Act; police said no arrests had been made.
- Who
- Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani and seven others are accused; the complaint was filed by Police Inspector A.M. Desai.
- What
- An FIR alleges obstruction of a police officer, disruption at a police station and other offences.
- Where
- Pethapur police station, in Gujarat.
- When
- The alleged incident occurred on October 8; the FIR was registered on Sunday, October 11.
- Why
- Police allege the group obstructed the inspector while he questioned Yunus Parmar following a complaint about threats to a BJP campaigner.
Key facts
- Accused
- Jignesh Mevani and seven others
- Incident date
- October 8
- FIR registered
- Sunday, October 11
- Police complainant
- Police Inspector A.M. Desai
- Related complaint
- A BJP campaigner alleged he was threatened by Yunus Parmar and associates.
- Arrests
- None reported at the time of the report.
- Laws cited
- Sections 189(2), 191(2), 221, 351(2) and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Section 135 of the Gujarat Police Act
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