Nainital HC taking suo-motto cognizance, ask Haridwar administration to come \u00a0up with criminal history details of both Kunwar Pranav Champion and MLA Umesh. J . Kumar<\/p>\n
S.M.A.KAZMI<\/p>\n
Dehradun , Jan 28<\/p>\n
In an important development, Nainital High Court taking suo motto cognizance of the \u2018street fight\u2019 between two political leaders namely former BJP legislator Kunwar Pranav Champion and sitting independent legislator Umesh.J.Kumar, similar to seen in badlands of Bihar and in bollywood movies, have called Haridwar District Magistrate and police chief to be personally present on the court on January 30, 2025.<\/p>\n
Issuing notices to these officers, Justice Rakesh Thapliyal directed them to come with all the evidences of the incident on January 26 where both the leaders attacked each others,firing and abusing each other. The judge asked the officials to come up with\u00a0 all the video footage, cuttings of newspapers related to the incident and footage of audio-visual media and photographs with them.<\/p>\n
The court also directed the Haridwar officials to come up with all the evidences of the dispute between the two alleged accused, the criminal cases pending against both in the courts and list of weapons they and their family members own.<\/p>\n
The order has created a stir amongst the district and state government officials.While, Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days by the local court, Umesh.J.Kumar has been given bail. This has also led to consternation amongst the Gujjar community to which KunWar Pranav Singh Champion belong. The Gujjar community had proposed to hold their caste panchayat at Roorkee on January 29, 2025.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, on Republic Day , \u00a0the scenes were straight from Bollywood thriller \u2018Gangs of Wasseypur\u2019 in which the gang rivalries were explicitly depicted in the badlands of Bihar in reel life. But what transpired in \u2018Devbhoomi\u2019 Uttarakhand that too in the Hindu holy district of Haridwar on republic Day was real where two political leaders, one a sitting independent legislator and another a former BJP MLA attacked each other\u2019s offices and residence with guns, goons and free use of filthy expletives on Sunday evening at Roorkee. The skirmishes between the two infamous political leaders of Haridwar district are being dubbed as \u201cGangs of Khanpur\u201d on social and news media of\u00a0 Uttarakhand since one is the sitting independent legislator from Khanpur assembly segment of Haridwar while another is former legislator and scion of the erstwhile state of Landhoura.<\/p>\n
Both the leaders, sitting independent legislator Umesh J.Kumar, a former journalist and former BJP legislator Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion were arrested by Haridwar police and produced before judicial magistrate at Roorkee, today. While,Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days, the sitting legislator Umesh.J.Kumar was granted bail in the matter. The rivalry between the two which started during state assembly polls of 2022 when Umesh J,Kumar as an independent won from the \u00a0home constituency of Kunwar Pranav Champion of Khanpur in Haridwar district. \u00a0Kunwar Pranav Singh \u2018Champion\u2019 from the royal house of Landhoura,is infamous for his rough ways and language was unable to digest his electoral defeat. Both the\u00a0 political rivals continued their tirade in public and courts in the past more than two years.<\/p>\n
But things took a turn for the worse on Saturday when Kunwar Pranav Singh \u2018Champion\u2019 allegedly used\u00a0 some derogatory terms for the close family members of Umesh .J.Kumar, who provoked went to the Landhoura palace to challenge the strongman. Next day it was the turn of Kunwar Pranav Singh \u2018Champion\u2019 to retaliate, who along with his armed suuporters descended on the office of the legislator. He and his supporters opened fire with their weapons and thrashed some of the supporters of the legislaltor. They attackers soon left in their vehicles. Interestingly, the vehicle of \u2018Champion\u2019 had a poster of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.\u00a0 Soon, \u00a0as the news of the attack spread, Umesh.J. Kumar with a pistol in his hand came and started threatening his rivals. The police and his supporters had a tough time in controlling him. The videos of firing by Champion and reaction of Umesh.J. Kumar have become viral and got national attention. None was seriously injured in the skirmishes on Sunday evening. Kunwar Pranav \u2018Champion\u2019 was arrested and taken to Dehradun while Umesh.J. Kumar was detained at Roorkee. Both were produced before the judicial magistrate,amidst tight security as senior police officials camped there. Five luxury vehicles used by \u2018Champion\u2019 used in the attack were also seized by the police. In another related development Haridwar District Magistrate Kamendra Singh in an order suspended nine fire arm license issued in the name of Champion his wife and son. He has also issued notices to three other persons were with him during the attack on the recommendation of the Haridwar police.<\/p>\n
Kunwar\u00a0Pranav\u00a0Singh \u2018Champion\u2019\u00a0 four time legislator from Khanpur assembly segment who is known for his brash ways.\u00a0 He had a duel with Desraj Karanwal, another BJP legislator from Jhabreda assembly segment of Haridwar during 2019. The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) found itself in an acute embarrassing situation following the public fued between two of its\u2019 party legislators from Haridwar district which crossed the limits of public decency and democratic norms resulting in public insults, name callings and even threatening physical violence against each other.<\/p>\n
Both, then BJP legislators\u00a0 made waves by publicly threatening each other. Both of them were at loggerheads as their rivalry started when\u00a0Kunwar\u00a0Pranav\u00a0Singh \u2018Champion\u2019 wanted his wife to become the Haridwar Zila Panchayat chairperson but the move was resisted by Deshraj Karanwal.<\/p>\n
Deshraj Karanwal had accused\u00a0Kunwar\u00a0Pranav\u00a0Singh \u2018Champion\u2019 of being a fake \u2018Champion\u2019 and alleged that\u00a0Kunwar\u00a0Pranav\u00a0Singh has not played even \u2018Gilli-Danda\u2019 and claimed to be a \u201cChampion\u2019. He charged him with having fake sports and educational credentials. He even disputed that\u00a0Kunwar\u00a0Pranav\u00a0Singh\u2019Champion\u2019 belongs to erstwhile royal family of Landhaura.<\/p>\n
Kunwar\u00a0Pranav\u00a0Singh challenged Deshraj Karanwal for a physical duel and claimed that he would make him bleed with only a single slap. He also threatened him of tearing him apart in a physical fight. He also announced that he would wait for Deshraj Karanwal at Nehru Stadium, Roorkee on a particular day where Champion turned but his challenger did not turn up. Later, \u2018Champion\u2019 was suspended by BJP for six years as his video title \u201cTamancha pe Disco\u201d in which he was seen dancing with guns in his hand and abusing went viral. He was also accused of threatening and abusing a journalist.<\/p>\n
Champion who was an independent legislator, later joined Congress but jumped the fence to join BJP with ten other legislators in 2016 in a bid to topple the Harish Rawat government.<\/p>\n
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