More than 100 people booked for blocking NH-9 in UP during candle march for Pulwama victims
Ghaziabad: More than 100 people blocked National Highway-9 here, following which a police case was registered against them on Tuesday, officials said.
SP (city) Shlok Kumar said a candlelight march was carried out on Monday night remembering the killed soldiers in the recent Pulwama terror attack.
After the march, those who participated in it blocked the highway due to which traffic near Khoda and Indira Puram was affected for two hours.
Commuters alerted the police on dial 100 service who reached the spot and disbursed the public and restored traffic movement.
An FIR was registered against more than 100 unknown persons at Indira Puram police station for blocking the highway under sections 283, 147 of IPC.
An advisory has also been issued by the police, asking the public to not create traffic hassles.
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Remarks against St Francis Xavier: Right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar gets bail
Panaji (PTI): A court in Goa on Saturday granted bail to right-wing speaker Gautam Khattar, who was arrested after he allegedly made derogatory comments against St Francis Xavier.
Judicial Magistrate First Class, Vasco, granted regular bail to Khattar, currently admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital at Bambolim for treatment of chest pain after he was shifted from the District Hospital in Mapusa two days back.
A row erupted after a video of remarks by Khattar, the founder of Sanatan Mahasangh, at an event on April 18 in the presence of Swami Brahmeshanand, State Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLAs Sankulp Amonkar and Daji (Krishna) Salkar, went viral.
St Francis Xavier is revered as the patron saint of Goa.
The controversial remarks led to the Vasco Police registering an FIR against Khattar on charges of hurting religious sentiments and creating enmity between groups.
He was detained in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, by local police. His custody was later handed over to the Goa Crime Branch, according to officials.
