Case against Kranti Sena members, other for harassing vendor

A case was registered against 11 members of selfstyled right-wing organisation Kranti Sena and 20 to 25 unidentified people in Nai Mandi police station of Muzaffarnagar district on Tuesday night on the complaint of a vendor Prakash Chand who accused them of overturning his handcart and threatening him with dire consequences, police said. The was registered under Sections 147, 323, 504, 506 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code.

In his complaint, the vendor alleged that a group of people, including Kranti Sena activists Manoj Saini, Amit Bobby, Bhuvan Mishra, Yogendra Sharma, Rajesh Kashyap, Poonam Agarwal, Ashish, Rocky, Amit Kashyap, Shailendra Sharma and Mohit Tyagi, came to him and asked how he had placed his handcart in the market on Tuesday evening. The vendor further alleged that when he told them that was selling “Mehndi” (henna) and other items for Teej festival (which was celebrated on Wednesday), they overturned his cart and threatened him with dire consequences.

The Kranti Sena members named in the case had on Monday allegedly asked traders in

Muzaffarnagar not to al Muslim men to apply henn the hands of Hindu wome the occasion of Teej.

While admitting that t named in the case were Kr Sena members, the organ tion’s city president Lok Saini claimed that the o was formed two years ago that majority of people ass ated with it were earlier as ated with the Shiv Sena. On case registered against S members, he said, “We w continue our campaign to tect Hindu girls from ‘ jihad’.”

Meanwhile, RLD presi Jayant Choudhary in a t over the Muzaffarnagar i dent directed his partyme help the administration exposing and initiating ac against those spreading ha among people.