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50-year-old among 5 more women arrested for Haldwani violence
The Haldwani violence erupted after the administration on February 8 conducted a drive to demolish a mosque and a madrasa allegedly built on Nazool land.
The Nainital police informed that three FIRs were filed at the Banbhoolpura police station for the alleged attack at the police station, vandalising parked vehicles, and violence during the anti-encroachment drive. (Reuters file)
The Uttarakhand police have arrested five women in connection to the violent protests in Haldwani on February 8 in which five people were killed. The five women, aged between 25 and 50 years, are residents of Banbhoolpura, the police said.
This takes the total number of arrests in connection with the violence to 89. The violence erupted after the administration conducted a drive to demolish a mosque and a madrasa allegedly built on Nazool land. As stones were pelted, cars torched and the local police station surrounded by a mob, the administration called for shoot-at-sight orders.
The Nainital police informed that three FIRs were filed at the Banbhoolpura police station for the alleged attack at the police station, vandalising parked vehicles, and violence during the anti-encroachment drive.
“To arrest the miscreants involved in the above-mentioned violent incident, various teams have been formed under the direction of Prahlad Narayan Meena, SSP Nainital. Based on CCTV footage and other evidence, police teams raided the houses located around the incidents and in the above-mentioned cases, 84 miscreants were arrested and illegal weapons and cartridges were recovered from their possession. In addition to that, five women involved in the above-mentioned violent incident have been identified and arrested by the police team,” said the Nainital police in a statement.
Abdul Malik, who is considered to be the main accused in the case, and his son Abdul Moeed were already arrested. This was despite a letter submitted by Malik’s representatives to the authorities claiming that he was in Noida, Delhi and Greater Noida around the time of the violence.
An FIR registered on the complaint of Banbhoolpura police station in-charge Neeraj Bhakuni, however, alleged that when the demolition process started, the father and son and 14 others led the mob.
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