The Uttar Pradesh cops have arrested Shahzeb Rizvi who had announced a bounty of Rs 51 lakh on the head of Naveen
Bengaluru: Shahzeb Rizvi would have learnt the lesson of his life as the Uttar Pradesh cops arrested him for his exhortation to punish Naveen, who had allegedly posted derogatory stuff on an Islamic reverential figure.
He had even announced a bounty of Rs 51 lakh on his head.
The announcement was made by Shalabh Mani Tripathi, media adviser to UP CM Yogi Adityanath.
ज़्यादा दूर भाग नहीं पाया, यूपी पुलिस ने धर दबोचा !! https://t.co/XmhWqIxf9z pic.twitter.com/pxEzzBXb1M
— Shalabh Mani Tripathi (@shalabhmani)
After the Bengaluru riots, Rizvi, taking offence to the post, had put out a video which went viral. In it, he had urged Muslims to contribute to the reward, apart from urging them to take revenge.
After Meerut SSP Ajay Sahni took cognisance of the issue, he had ordered a probe.
An FIR too had been lodged against him.
A note on how Bengaluru burnt:
On the night of August 11, around a thousand youth went on the rampage after an alleged incendiary post by Naveen, a nephew of the sitting Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy.
Reports add that the aggrieved party approached the police to lodge a complaint, but the police asked them to give the complaint in writing. It is further alleged that a delay in lodging the complaint led to the violence.
These thousand youths, who took umbrage, burned down the house of the Congress MLA, as also gutting down a police station. Around 60 policemen were attacked and more than 20 vehicles were torched.
Muzamil Pasha, a leader of SDPI, believed to be the mastermind behind the riots, is also behind bars.
Investigations also point to the fact that there were attempts to create riots, at least on three earlier occasions.
They further add that the mob was also planning riots in order to ‘avenge’ Ram Mandir temple verdict, bhumi pujan performed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the CAA enactment.
The police have also arrested the husband of a Congress corporator.
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