US EditionAfter Viral Video, Muzaffarnagar Police Arrest Muezzin for Threatening Inspector
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In Muzaffarnagar, after a video of the mosque's muezzin, Mohammad Irfan, threatening to behead a police inspector went viral, the police arrested him and sent him to jail. Two days earlier, Irfan had accused the inspector of assault, and a video of that had also gone viral. Following the new video, the police took action by registering an FIR under serious sections.
After viral video, Muzaffarnagar police arrest muezzin for threatening inspector
The Muzaffarnagar police, on Friday, December 12, arrested Muhammad Irfan, a local muezzin, for allegedly threatening a police inspector. The arrest was made after a video surfaced on social media showing 2-3 cops approaching Irfan exiting the mosque after giving the Fajr azaan (the first prayer of the day). Irfan alleged that one of the police personnel, Inspector Vinod Choudhary, questioned on whose permission the former had given azaan. Irfan…
UP: Muezzin, Who Alleged Assault by Police, Held for Threatening Muzaffarnagar Inspector
‘If you love giving the azaan so much, go to Pakistan. You do not have any place here,’ police inspector allegedly told the muezzin NEW DELHI — In a case showing high-handedness of the Uttar Pradesh police, a muezzin in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar who alleged assault, misbehaviour and abuse by policemen over the use of loudspeakers for azaan (call to prayers) earlier this week, was arrested on Friday for threatening a police inspector. Muezzin…
Muzaffarnagar muezzin arrested following backlash over police action after azaan
Videos that surfaced on social media showed two to three police personnel confronting Irfan near the mosque premises, an episode that drew sharp criticism and renewed allegations of discriminatory policing practices in the district.
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