UP govt moves apex court against Dr Kafeel Khan's release

The Uttar Pradesh government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging an order by the Allahabad High Court which quashed a petition to detain Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act (NSA).

New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government, joined by the Central government, has approached the Supreme Court challenging an order by the Allahabad High Court which quashed a petition to detain Dr Kafeel Khan under the National Security Act (NSA).

The state has contended in the plea that Dr Khan had a history of committing various offences, which had led to disciplinary action, his suspension from service, registration of FIRs against him and the invocation of NSA.

"Khan was warned of imposition pf section 144 of CrPc around Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The Allahabad High Court had also banned any rally in the area, and yet again Dr Khan gave the speech in an attempt to incite the students and disturb the law and order in Aligarh," the statement read.

It said that due to the speech of Dr Kafeel, on December 13, 2019, about 10,000 AMU students attempted to march towards Aligarh city and had to be stopped by the police administration.

"Had the violent students not been stopped, the crowd would have disturbed the public order and the communal harmony of the district by entering Aligarh city," it added.