Indian extremist political party Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) office bearer Abhishek Yadav, was caught clad in a burqa and harassing woman at a Muharram procession organised to commemorate the sacred month in the trans-Ganga area of Mauaima. Locals present at the programme thrashed him before handing him over to the police.
Police on Sunday lodged a FIR against the office-bearer and his accomplice for eve-teasing and creating disturbance in a religious assembly. He too has lodged a cross FIR against seven persons for beating him.
According to reports, a religious procession was organised near Imambara in Mani Umarpur village in which Muslim scholars and clerics were delivering a sermon. The devotees were sitting segregated by gender.
Around 11.50pm, a woman complained of harassment by a burqa-clad person sitting beside her. The locals turned suspicious and asked the person to take off the veil, which the latter refused to do. At this, some women snatched away the veil, and discovered Abhishek Yadav behind it, said Satyendra Singh, station officer, Mauaima.
He was identified by some people present at the programme who beat him black and blue even as his accomplice in burqa managed to flee the scene. Some elderly people in the community asked the crowd to exercise restraint and rescued Abhishek. Village head Imtiaz ud Din dialled 100, after which Mauaima police caught the accused. He was admitted to Beli (Tej Bahadur Sapru) hospital where his condition is said to be stable. On the complaint of one Moinuddin, FIR under sections 296 and 354A has been registered against Abhishek Yadav.
