9-yr-old's play sent mother to jail for sedition but PM 'maun' on hate speeches: Sitaram Yechury
New Delhi, Feb 4: The CPI(M) on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on hate speeches by his party members and slammed his government over the sedition case slapped against a parent and a teacher in Karnataka for allegedly staging a play on the new citizenship law.
Nazbunnisa, 26, the mother of the girl who participated in the play, and Fareeda Begum, 52, the head teacher of Shaheen School, who staged it, were arrested by Bidar New Town Police Station officers.
The two were booked under Sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 505(2) (statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes), 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting, attempting to promote disharmony) and 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code.
"A 9-year old child's lines in a school play have sent a mother and teacher to jail for sedition' while PM is completely maun' over his ministers urging people to shoot down people & calling elected CMs terrorists . This is the BJP's worldview and they will be made accountable," tweeted CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
In another tweet, he said communal polarisation has been BJP's "only achievement" in power.
"Communal polarisation, fear mongering, hatred and violence... That is all BJP is left in its arsenal with. These are their only achievements over the last six years. These are the Achhe Din' Modi promised in 2014?" he said.
A 9-year old child’s lines in a school play have sent a mother and teacher to jail for ‘sedition’ while PM is completely ‘maun’ over his ministers urging people to shoot down people & calling elected CMs “terrorists”. This is the BJP’s worldview and they will be made accountable. pic.twitter.com/CMbMi7p7Vz
— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) February 4, 2020
Communal polarisation, fear mongering, hatred and violence... That is all BJP is left in its arsenal with. These are their only achievements over the last six years. These are the ‘Achhe Din’ Modi promised in 2014? pic.twitter.com/OOCPcpmcJC
— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) February 4, 2020
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Absconding accused with 35 warrants held at Mangaluru airport
Mangaluru: A man against whom 35 arrest warrants had been issued for failing to appear before court was arrested at Mangaluru International Airport upon his arrival from abroad.
The accused, identified as Abbas G, a resident of Peruvai in Bantwal, was wanted in connection with a case registered at Vital Police Station under Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 504 (provoke with intention of breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt using weapons), and 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
Abbas had repeatedly failed to appear before the court for trial and had been absconding abroad for a prolonged period.
Acting on specific information about his return, immigration authorities alerted the police, following which a team from Vital Police Station apprehended him at the airport.
The operation was carried out by Head Constable Mohan and Police Constables Venkappa.
He was subsequently produced before the jurisdictional court, which remanded him in judicial custody.
