Kasganj: The District Magistrate of Bareilly in the Uttar Pradesh state expressed his protest while saying that why do people take processions into Muslim areas and rase anti-Pakistan slogans.
RV Singh, the DM, was referring to the recent violence in Kasgunj on January 26 when a bike rally passed through a muslim locality who were about to raise the flag on the occasion. However the bikers were adamant that before the Muslims raise the falg their rally should be allowed to pass.
A 23-year-old man was killed after a communal violence broke out in the small town nearly 340km northwest of Lucknow on Friday. A preliminary investigation said the clashes broke out after a group of men took out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in the Muslim-dominated Baddu Nagar area on January 26 .
The DM took to Facebook and wrote, “Ajab riwaz ban gaya hai. Muslim mohallo main julus le jao aur Pakistan murdabad ke nare lagao. Kyun bhai woh Pakistani hain kya? (A strange tradition has been formed. To visit Muslim areas and raise slogans against Pakistan. Why, are they (Muslims) Pakistanis)?” RV Singh wrote on Sunday.
Over hundred people have been arrested on charges of murder and violence.
“It was a small incident, but see how big its implications were. The SP of Kasganj has been transferred and people are questioning the working of the district magistrate. These incidents affect the ongoing developmental work,” Singh said over the phone.
Singh, who took charge as the DM of Bareilly in 2017, was a commissioned officer in the Indian Army.
Singh also wrote about a similar incident in Khelam area of Bareilly last year when a group of kanwariyas or the devotees of Lord Shiva went through a Muslim-dominated village and allegedly raised slogans against Pakistan.
“What is the need of raising such slogans? Even I will stop someone shouting such slogans outside my residence without any reason,” the DM said.
The post got 235 reactions before it was taken down.
