Cops invoke NSA against Javed Ahmed Khan, mastermind of June 3 Nai Sadak violence

A crowd led by Hayat Zafar Hashmi had called for market closure in the Nai Sadak area in protest against Nupur Sharma's remarks against the Prophet. This crowd indulged in stone-pelting and firing. Seven people were injured during the violence.

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh): The cops have taken action against Javed Ahmed Khan, the mastermind of the June 3 violence, under the National Security Act (NSA) after the District Magistrate's recommendation. Javed Ahmed Khan is said to be the most educated among the three accused, who carried out violence in the Nai Sadak area of the city. A crowd led by Hayat Zafar Hashmi had called for market closure in the Nai Sadak area in protest against Nupur Sharma's remarks against the Prophet. This crowd indulged in stone-pelting and firing. Seven people were injured during the violence.

The former President, Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, were in Kanpur to participate in a programme. Officials say that during the investigation, it was revealed that the protest was staged on June 3 deliberately so that in the presence of VVIPs, the matter would get maximum media attention.

Action has been taken against the main accused of the incident, Hayat Zafar Hashmi, under the NSA. The cops have now invoked NSA against Javed Ahmed Khan, the mastermind of the incident. Kanpur Police Commissioner BP Jogdand sent the NSA file of the accused to Kanpur DM. After the recommendation of DM Visakh G Iyer on this whole matter, the action was initiated against Javed under NSA.