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LUCKNOW: The ‘Namaz vs Sundar Kand’ controversy spiralled within the state capital Lucknow on Saturday, with various right-wing activists thronging the newly-inaugurated LuLu Mall to recite Hanuman Chalisa and ‘Sunder Kand’.
They had been lodged their protest in opposition to a gaggle of unidentified individuals who provided namaz within the corridors of the mall on Tuesday. The video of this had gone viral on social media.
Earlier, the Lucknow police, primarily based on the grievance submitted by the mall administration after the video drew consideration, had lodged an FIR in opposition to unknown individuals. They had been booked underneath IPC Sections 153 A (Promoting enmity between totally different teams on grounds of faith), 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint), 505 (Statements conducing public mischief) and 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts, supposed to outrage spiritual emotions). Cops are but to establish these individuals.
“FIR is lodged and police are probing matter using CCTV footage in connection with viral videos of people offering namaz at LuLu Mall,” stated Rajesh Srivastava, ADCP, South Lucknow.
Meanwhile, the protests over the namaz problem continued on Saturday with various right-wing supporters, together with these of the Karni Sena, thronging the mall to recite Hanuman Chalisa inside it.
Amid the deployment of a heavy contingent of the police power and Provincial Armed Constabulary, they might not enter the mall and had been arrested beforehand. Security was additional beefed up in view of the decision given by the Karni Sena to their followers to succeed in the mall and recite the Sunder Kand there. Section 144 was additionally clamped within the areas adjoining the mall.
The protesting right-wing activists had been arrested and booked for selling enmity between totally different teams and meaning to outrage spiritual emotions.
Spread over a sprawling 11-acre space and constructed at the price of Rs 20000 crore, the Lucknow mall — the most important within the collection of 5 LuLu malls throughout India — has now plunged headlong into the controversy simply days after its inauguration.
Lulu’s largest mall in India.(Photo | EPS)
The mall, owned by Kerala-based businessman MA Yusuf Ali of LuLu Group International, a multinational conglomerate firm that operates a sequence of hypermarkets and retail firms and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, was inaugurated by UP CM Yogi Adityanath final Sunday.
On Friday, three members of a right-wing outfit had been arrested from exterior the mall once they had been attempting to enter it to recite ‘Sundar Kand’ whereas one other man was held by the mall authorities for attempting to supply ‘namaz’.
ADCP Srivastava stated that at round 5 pm on Friday, three individuals — Sarojnath Yogi, Krishna Kumar Pathak and Gaurav Goswami (all members of a proper wing group) — tried to enter the mall from Gate no 1. Security personnel stopped the trio however they nonetheless insisted on reciting the ‘Sundar Kand’. They had been later detained by the police.
Another man, Ashraf Ali, was additionally detained for attempting to supply ‘namaz’ inside the mall’s premises. “All of them have been booked for breach of peace,” Srivastava stated.
The mall authorities have now put up placards and signboards saying that no spiritual prayers shall be permitted on the premises.
Assistant Commissioner of police, Gosainganj, Swati Chaudhary, stated all facets of the incident had been being investigated. “Police are scanning the CCTV footage to identify those who offered prayers,” she stated.
Police stated they had been attempting to hint the one that shot the video and circulated it.
LUCKNOW: The ‘Namaz vs Sundar Kand’ controversy spiralled within the state capital Lucknow on Saturday, with various right-wing activists thronging the newly-inaugurated LuLu Mall to recite Hanuman Chalisa and ‘Sunder Kand’.
They had been lodged their protest in opposition to a gaggle of unidentified individuals who provided namaz within the corridors of the mall on Tuesday. The video of this had gone viral on social media.
Earlier, the Lucknow police, primarily based on the grievance submitted by the mall administration after the video drew consideration, had lodged an FIR in opposition to unknown individuals. They had been booked underneath IPC Sections 153 A (Promoting enmity between totally different teams on grounds of faith), 341 (Punishment for wrongful restraint), 505 (Statements conducing public mischief) and 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts, supposed to outrage spiritual emotions). Cops are but to establish these individuals.
“FIR is lodged and police are probing matter using CCTV footage in connection with viral videos of people offering namaz at LuLu Mall,” stated Rajesh Srivastava, ADCP, South Lucknow.
Meanwhile, the protests over the namaz problem continued on Saturday with various right-wing supporters, together with these of the Karni Sena, thronging the mall to recite Hanuman Chalisa inside it.
Amid the deployment of a heavy contingent of the police power and Provincial Armed Constabulary, they might not enter the mall and had been arrested beforehand. Security was additional beefed up in view of the decision given by the Karni Sena to their followers to succeed in the mall and recite the Sunder Kand there. Section 144 was additionally clamped within the areas adjoining the mall.
The protesting right-wing activists had been arrested and booked for selling enmity between totally different teams and meaning to outrage spiritual emotions.
Spread over a sprawling 11-acre space and constructed at the price of Rs 20000 crore, the Lucknow mall — the most important within the collection of 5 LuLu malls throughout India — has now plunged headlong into the controversy simply days after its inauguration.
Lulu’s largest mall in India.(Photo | EPS)
The mall, owned by Kerala-based businessman MA Yusuf Ali of LuLu Group International, a multinational conglomerate firm that operates a sequence of hypermarkets and retail firms and headquartered in Abu Dhabi, was inaugurated by UP CM Yogi Adityanath final Sunday.
On Friday, three members of a right-wing outfit had been arrested from exterior the mall once they had been attempting to enter it to recite ‘Sundar Kand’ whereas one other man was held by the mall authorities for attempting to supply ‘namaz’.
ADCP Srivastava stated that at round 5 pm on Friday, three individuals — Sarojnath Yogi, Krishna Kumar Pathak and Gaurav Goswami (all members of a proper wing group) — tried to enter the mall from Gate no 1. Security personnel stopped the trio however they nonetheless insisted on reciting the ‘Sundar Kand’. They had been later detained by the police.
Another man, Ashraf Ali, was additionally detained for attempting to supply ‘namaz’ inside the mall’s premises. “All of them have been booked for breach of peace,” Srivastava stated.
The mall authorities have now put up placards and signboards saying that no spiritual prayers shall be permitted on the premises.
Assistant Commissioner of police, Gosainganj, Swati Chaudhary, stated all facets of the incident had been being investigated. “Police are scanning the CCTV footage to identify those who offered prayers,” she stated.
Police stated they had been attempting to hint the one that shot the video and circulated it.
