Anti-CAA protests: UP police served notices to dead and elderly men in their 90s

Banne Khan from Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh has been served notice for participating in anti-CAA agitations. Khan will not be able to seek bail because he is dead.

“My father, who died six years ago, has been booked under Sections 107 and 116 of the Code of Criminal Procedure because the police believe he is likely to disturb public tranquillity,” said Banne’s son Mohammad Sarfaraz Khan.

“They said my father must appear before a magistrate and apply for bail within seven days, else he would be arrested. They scolded me when I showed them his death certificate,” Sarfaraz said.

Two elderly men, 93-year-old Fasahat Meer Khan of Kotla Mohalla and 90-year-old Sufi Ansar Hussain of Kotla Pathanan have also been booked under various sections will have to seek bail.

“You ask anyone in Firozabad, Hindu or Muslim, and they will tell you how I have averted communal clashes single-handedly. Today, I feel my entire life has been a waste,” he told reporters

“I must ask my children to take me to the magistrate soon so I can apply for bail. I don’t expect anything from this system.”

UP police have been widely criticized for cracking down violently on those who participated in anti CAA agitations. Yogi Adityanath government defended police actions by saying that they are intended to shock rioters.

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