By TCN News
Lucknow: Several groups joined in condemning the vandalism during Muslim protest after Alvida Juma prayer in Lucknow. Police has registered six FIRs against unidentified persons regarding the incident.
The FIRs have been lodged at Hasangaj, Hazratganj and Wazirganj police station of Lucknow. The complainant includes media persons who were attacked during the protest, a Budhist religious leader for alleged disgrace of Lord Budha statue and also Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) officials which owns the parks which were vandalised.
Mayor Dr Dinesh Sharma along with other BJP leaders inspected the parks which have been vandalised. He disapproved the vandalism and asked the state government to take strict action against the culprits.
A delegation of journalists also met the CM Akhilesh Yadav and apprised him about the attacks on the journalists during the protest.
It is reported that Akhilesh Yadav assured them that no one will be spared who indulged in violence. Organisations as Kshtriya Mahasabha, Hindu Mahasabha too came forward by condemning the incident. The Islamic Centre of India at Lucknow too decried the incident. Its chief Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli released a strong worded condemnation letter about the incident.
In another development based on the newspaper reports about the riotous activities in Lucknow on 17 August 2012, social activist of National RTI Forum Dr Nutan Thakur wrote a letter to Principal Secretary (Home), Uttar Pradesh to look specifically into three important issues. The first news is about the policemen having stopped the rioters near Capital Cinema but removing the barricades and allowing them to go ahead when a senior police officer got a call from someone, which resulted in huge amount of arson and loot. The second is about the huge delay in getting the FIR of the Media persons registered where while the complainant gave a petition against two specific names but the police registered an FIR against unknown persons. The third news is about the way the SSP remained inactive all through the event and also disappeared from the place of incidence.
Nutan also requested that these three issues shall also be enquired by the Lucknow Commissioner who is conducting an enquiry in this matter and those found guilty shall be duly punished.