UP villagers torch man’s home over interfaith love | India Information

When police arrived on the scene on Friday evening, the mob vandalised their automobile too.

BAREILLY: An offended mob took issues into its personal fingers at a village in UP and set on hearth the home of a 21-year-old man for allegedly eloping with a lady, 20, of one other neighborhood from the identical neighbourhood.
When police arrived on the scene on Friday evening, the mob vandalised their automobile too.
The cops by some means managed to flee and knowledgeable their superiors, who despatched further forces from close by police stations to deliver the scenario below management.SSP (Bareilly), Anurag Arya, mentioned on Saturday, “The incident happened at Chandupura Shivnagar below Sirauli limits of Bareilly district. There was a criticism {that a} 20-year-old lady had eloped along with her neighbour Mohd Saddam on July 29. Each have been traced on Thursday evening and the girl was handed over to her father on Friday. Saddam was detained for questioning. Later at evening, just a few anti-social components vandalised some gadgets at Saddam’s home and set a charpoy on hearth. An FIR was registered in opposition to the perpetrators — 21 recognized and 30 unknown — below the BNS part of rioting, and one other FIR was registered in opposition to Saddam for abduction on the criticism of the girl’s father.”
Arya added: “SHO of Sirauli, Luv Sirohi, sub-inspector Satveer Singh and a constable have been suspended for negligence. Over 100 police personnel are actually deployed within the village to keep up regulation and order. Additional investigations are on.”
An official, aware about the case particulars, mentioned, “The village has round 10% minority inhabitants and the primary occupation is farming. The Hindu lady and Saddam are faculty dropouts and fell in love over two years in the past. On July 29, they fled collectively and the girl’s father filed a lacking criticism. He, nonetheless, gave in writing that he did not need any motion in opposition to Saddam. However, on Friday evening, the scenario turned violent. The mob broke the home door, vandalised gadgets inside and set it on hearth. Dial 112 crew arrived and got here below assault as properly. Further forces have been thereafter referred to as in.”
Locals at Chandupura Shivnagar mentioned that “nobody is in favour of violence” and appreciated the police presence. Village head, Pravesh Kumar, instructed TOI: “There was by no means any communal rigidity right here and we all the time lived in peace. Scenario turned ugly after the Muslim man eloped with the daughter of a farmer. Since folks from the girl’s neighborhood are extra in quantity; they focused Saddam’s home.” The girl’s mom mentioned, “Saddam and his aides typically used to threaten my daughter. He took her away forcefully and villagers turned offended and attacked their home. We simply need them to avoid our daughters.”