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However, after 11pm on September 21, Alikhan and Thana Sabik area were closed by the police and virtual curfew was imposed with more than twenty thousand residents kept like prisoners in their homes and this has been going on. Since then there has been crackdown by the police in the area and based on CCTV footage, the youth involved in the \u201cI Love Mohammad\u201d march, the people who were passerby and even the shopkeepers and the customers present in the market at that time were picked up and taken to the police station and the police checkpoints.<\/p>\n
Nadimuddin charged that according to the viral video on social media, they were beaten up illegally publicly. Even the near relative of the youth who were not found at their home and elders have been taken away. \u201cEven after five days, most of them have been illegally confined and starved and not allowed to meet their family members and their lawyers,\u201d Alleged Nadimuddin.
\nBlaming the people for the incident of beating up of a police official, the administration and the police targeted the entire Allikhan and Sabik area by putting barricades and setting up police check points and the shops shut down.<\/p>\n
An undeclared curfew has been imposed from 7 pm to 7 am People are not being allowed to go out of their houses and shops. Along with this, a team of administrative officials of 10-12 people is going door-to-door to check the ration cards and install electricity smart meters.
\nNadimuddin further charged that the municipal officials brought bull dozers in the area and while taking action against alleged encroachments broke the drains without any notice. The broken drains have resulted in dirty waters flowing in the area making it difficult to move. In his petition, he said that real culprits of beating up of a police official should be identified and punished as per law but there should be an end to violation of basic Human rights and fundamental rights by the police and civil administration.<\/p>\n
It was in February 2024 that six persons were killed in police firing in Banphoolpura area and hundreds of residents were booked for rioting and arson during an attempt by civil authorities to demolish a mosque and a madrassa alleged to built on government land.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a fact-finding team by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights has alleged that Muslims in Uttarakhand\u2019s Kashipur neighbourhood are facing collective punishment after a religious procession turned violent earlier this week, with residents reporting demolitions, police intimidation and the detention of children.<\/p>\n
The report, “Kashipur Silence: Punitive Policing and the Burden of Dissent”, says the September 21 \u201cI Love Muhammad\u201d procession in the Alikhan area began peacefully but ended in clashes after police allegedly harassed a group of boys who lingered at the site. Police insist the march, involving 400 to 500 people, was unauthorised and that officers were attacked and vehicles vandalised.<\/p>\n
Seven people, including Samajwadi Party leader Nadeem Akhtar, were arrested, and police filed cases against about 500 others. Residents said the crackdown that followed was targeted only at their Muslim-majority ward.<\/p>\n
\u201cBulldozers came the next morning without notice. They broke down our shops, even small vegetable stalls,\u201d one shopkeeper said, according to the report. \u201cWe have proof of what was destroyed, but no one dares to speak openly. We are too afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report says 20 to 25 shops and stalls were demolished, electricity meters forcibly changed, and ration cards re-verified with threats of cancellation. Families described receiving sudden house tax notices with strict deadlines.<\/p>\n
Witnesses alleged that children as young as 10 were picked up by police, beaten in custody and sent to juvenile homes in Rudrapur. Parents told the fact-finding team their sons denied mistreatment in front of officers, but later admitted to being assaulted.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy boy whispered to me that they beat him with sticks,\u201d one father said. \u201cBut he begged me not to complain. He was terrified,\u201d the report mentioned.<\/p>\n
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