Citing LG's order, Delhi Police force mosques from calling out Azan, video viral
New Delhi: In a video that is going viral on social media platform two personnel of the Delhi Police are being seen forcing the Mosque staff from calling out Azan in the Mosque adding that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) has issued an order against calling of Azan due in the wake of the country-wide lockdown due to the spread of coronavirus.
According to the lockdown regulations across the country, the Muazzin (One who gives call for prayer from Mosque) can give Azan and the Imam along with mosque staff can offer prayers at the Mosque. However, visiting of general public to the mosque and offering prayers is restricted.
The said video is reportedly shot under Prem Nagar Police Station limits wherein the police personnel are seen asking the residents and mosque staff not to give Azan in mosque citing orders of Delhi’s LG, the video is tweeted by a leading media house ‘The Milli Gazette’ on its twitter handle.
In the video a few women residents of the area can also be heard countering the claims of the police adding that no such order from the LG was brought into their notice by any media or other sources. However when the women asked the police personnel to exhibit the copy of LG’s order, the two police personnel heckled the women asking them not to argue with them. The cops then asked the women to visit the police station to check the copy of LG’s order.
Another tweet by ‘The Milli Gazette’ confirmed that the Delhi Minority Commission has written to Delhi Police in this regard but also added that they didn’t get any response from Delhi Police as yet. The tweet further added that similar reports and complaints were coming from many other mosques of Delhi and outside Delhi that police is forcing them to stop Azan. It also suggested that these problems have mostly been reported from areas where Muslim population is small in numbers.
Delhi Police (Thana Prem Nagar) claims that @LtGovDelhi has ordered to ban Azaan in Mosques. @DelhiPolice @DCPNWestDelhi please show copy of LG's the order.
— Milli Gazette (@milligazette) April 23, 2020
PS: Salute to these brave women, Masha Allah. pic.twitter.com/9D4aS9Sqbx
News has been coming in from many other Mosques of Delhi and outside Delhi that police is forcing them to stop azaan. Delhi Minorities Commission has written to Delhi Police about this. But DMC says no reply received.
— Milli Gazette (@milligazette) April 23, 2020
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Case registered over social media posts 'threatening' Kerala CM’s security officer
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): A case has been registered and a probe launched into social media posts allegedly threatening a member of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s security team with consequences once the UDF comes to power, officials said on Sunday.
The Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police registered the case based on a complaint filed by Chief Minister’s security staff member Sandeep Sasidharan.
The Congress had earlier alleged that Sandeep and another officer, Anil Kumar, brutally assaulted two Youth Congress-KSU activists including using flower pot when they protested against the Chief Minister during the Navakerala Sadas programme in Alappuzha in 2023.
A subsequent probe was conducted against both officers, and the Crime Branch later gave them a clean chit.
Recently, following the conclusion of the state assembly election on April 9, several social media posts allegedly made by Congress, Youth Congress and KSU activists claimed that revenge would be taken once the LDF government is removed and the UDF comes to power.
Police said cases have been registered against Facebook accounts named Arun Rajendran, Tom Kuriakose, Yaser KP, Sony Panamthanam, Sarath Pillai, KSU Kanjiramkulam, Rahul John C and Youth Congress Battle.
According to the FIR, the complainant’s photograph and name were used in several social media posts threatening him with consequences and containing abusive language.
Police said the social media account holders have been identified and will soon be summoned as part of the investigation.
The case has been registered under Sections 296(b) (uttering obscene words causing public annoyance), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 3(5) (acts done by several persons) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
