Freeing kafeel khan: Yogi government challenges Allahabad High Court order

LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order that quashed the National Security Act against suspended Gorakhpur doctor, Dr. Kafeel Khan, for an alleged speech against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

The detention of Kafeel Khan, the doctor from Uttar Pradesh, was 'illegal', the high court had said in its order on September 1, adding the doctor's speech did not show any effort to promote hate or violence. In its petition, the Uttar Pradesh government has alleged Dr. Khan had a history of committing offences, which led to disciplinary action, suspension from service, registration of police cases and being charged under the National Security Act (NSA). (IANS)

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