Six Hindu Raksha Dal activists arrested for distributing swords in Ghaziabad colony
DCP Nimish Patil said 17 members were booked for rioting after the outfit distributed weapons and raised slogans in Shalimar Garden colony on December 29
Police have arrested six activists of the Hindu Raksha Dal for allegedly distributing more than two dozen swords in Shalimar Garden colony, an officer said.
The six are among 17 office-bearers of the Hindu Raksha Dal, including its president Bhupendra Chowdhry, also known as ‘Pinki’, who have been named as accused in the case. Bhupendra is currently absconding.
Hindu Raksha Dal members booked
More than two dozen unidentified members of the group have also been booked, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Trans Hindon) Nimish Patil said.
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The case has been registered under sections 191(2) (guilty of rioting), 191(3) (guilty of rioting, being armed with a deadly weapon or with anything which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death), 127(2) (wrongful confinement) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said.
Police teams are raiding the hideouts of the group members who took out a procession in the colony. Raising pro-Hindu and anti-Muslim slogans, they went door-to-door in the area, distributing weapons.
"Police will not permit any outfit to disturb harmony and law and order. All the named and unnamed accused will be nabbed soon. All of them are currently absconding," Patil said on Monday .
Police tighten security
Meanwhile, Bhupendra released a video in which he said that 250 weapons have been distributed among people to face Muslims who "attack Hindu families and molest Hindu girls and women".
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"Hindus must be well-equipped with weapons to fight Muslims. Hindu Raksha Dal will help the Hindu community. These days, the condition of Hindus in Bangladesh is very miserable. Hindus are being killed there. We will not let the condition of Hindus become like that of Hindus in Bangladesh," he said in the video.
DCP Patil said police are keeping a close watch on the law and order situation in the area, which is surrounded by Muslim-dominated areas like Shaheed Nagar and Pasonda village.