Dr Kafeel Khan arrested by UP STF for 'inflammatory' remarks

The UP Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday arrested Dr Kafeel Ahmed Khan, a former assistant lecturer at Gorakhpur’s BRD hospital from Mumbai. He has been accused of allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech during an anti-CAA protest at the Aligarh Muslim University.

Mumbai:Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Wednesday arrested Dr Kafeel Khan from Mumbai for making inflammatory statements at the Aligarh Muslim University during a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act on December 12 last year.

An FIR was registered against Khan on December 13 under Section 153-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Civil Lines police station in Aligarh.

"I was given a clean chit in the Gorakhpur BRD hospital death case, and now people are again trying to pull me into it," he said while police were arresting him.

He also appealed to the Maharashtra government to hold him in the state itself, adding that he does not trust the police in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the FIR, Khan addressed around 600 students of the AMU and made provocative comments.

Kafeel Khan was scheduled to be present at the Mumbai Bagh protests at 11 am today. The indefinite stir by women protestors at Mumbai Bagh against the citizenship Act has entered the fourth day today.

(ANI Report)