Mangaluru, Sept 12: Members of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) District Committee submitted a memorandum to Minister UT Khader seeking justice to Ashraf Salettur, who was recently arrested over a Facebook post.

On social networking site Facebook, Ashraf had responded to a superstitious post regarding Kerala flood. Though the post was not illegal, the police had taken action against him. They had filed a sue motto complaint and registered a criminal case under section 153, 505, and 507. The police then threatened not to tell the truth in the court. Moreover, when the court granted bail to Ashraf, the Bunder police inspector Suresh Kumar issued a notice to cancel the bail by violating rules. Provide justice to Ashraf Salettur and take action against the guilty police officer by carrying out a thorough investigation, in this case, DYFI district secretary Santosh Bajal urged Minister UT Khader.

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Gurugram, Apr 5 (PTI): The Muslim-dominated Siroli village in Haryana's Nuh district has elected its sole Hindu panchayat member as the sarpanch, an officer here said.

Thirty-year-old Nisha Chauhan was elected as Siroli sarpanch on April 2.

According to a senior panchayat officer, Siroli panchayat under the Punahana block has 15 members, of which 14 are Muslims and eight are women. The post of Siroli sarpanch is reserved for women.

Only 250 out of the 3,296 voters in the village are Hindus.

According to panchayat officer Nasim, the panchayat election was held in December 2022. However, the winning candidate, Sahana, was sacked some months later after her education certificates were found to be fake.

The newly elected sarpanch said that her victory is a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity.

"My village is Muslim-dominated but the old tradition of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood still exists there. In true sense, there is no religious discrimination in the Mewat area, a living example of which is my election as sarpanch. My victory is a message of communal brotherhood in the entire area," said Chauhan.

Former Siroli sarpanch and a current ward member, Ashraf, said the panchs have chosen Chauhan in the hope for better administration.

"Here Hindus and Muslims are in harmony. We fully participate in each other's happiness and sorrow," Ashraf said.