AIMIM leader booked over allegedly provocative speech at Eid event in Meerut
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Meerut: The Uttar Pradesh Police have registered a case against All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) state president Haji Shaukat Ali for making allegedly provocative remarks during an Eid milan event in Meerut, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday.
Three of the party’s office bearers have also been arrested for organising the gathering without prior permission, police said.
The Eid programme was held at a farmhouse in Hajipur village on Monday, when a video of Ali’s speech went viral on social media. In the clip, he is heard making alleged threats linking the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections with police encounters.
“You gave 111 seats to those who remain silent,” he is purported to have said. “Give me just 11 MLAs, and I promise that if a Muslim is killed in an encounter in Uttar Pradesh, those who are responsible for the encounter will also face an encounter.”
Ali also reportedly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party government for the closure of madrasas and the demolition of certain homes.
Meerut Superintendent of Police Antriksh Jain said an FIR has been lodged at Lohiya Nagar police station. The complaint includes charges of promoting enmity between religious or social groups and making statements conducive to public mischief.
“The speeches were intended to create enmity between different religions and communities and affect law and order,” Jain was quoted by PTI as saying.
The three AIMIM leaders arrested have been identified as the party’s western Uttar Pradesh president Mehtab Chauhan, metropolitan president Imran Ansari and metropolitan secretary Razi Siddiqui.