The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against the chief of the Muslim Personal Law Board in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly claiming in 2023 that Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states were attempting to intimidate Muslims.
Taking note of the police’s allegations that Noor Ahmed Ajahri’s remarks could incite communal hostility, Justice Saurabh Srivastava held on March 16 that the case could not be quashed at this stage.
The case is based on a video allegedly received by the police in which Ajahri could be heard purportedly speaking about the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed in April 2023.
On April 15, 2023, Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed were shot dead in the presence of police officers as they were being taken for a medical check-up to a hospital in Prayagraj.
The brothers were in custody in connection with the murder of lawyer Umesh Pal, who was a witness in the 2005 Raju Pal murder case. Umesh Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj on February 24. Days later, the Uttar Pradesh Police booked Ahmed, his wife Sahista Parveen, two of their sons and Ashraf, among others, for Umesh Pal’s murder.
In the video, Ajahri could be heard purportedly alleging that despite a court sentencing Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed...
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