Advocate Mohammad Shoaib was under house arrest in Lucknow on 19 December, 2019 when nationwide protests against Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens took place, yet he was charged with instigating violence and had to spend a month in jail. Even before they could be proved guilty by a court of law, all accused in this case were served notices for recovery of damage to public and private property caused during violence on that day. Their photos were put up in hoardings at prominent places in the city.
Now during coronavirus crisis when the hospitals have not yet started entertaining patients in Outdoor Patient Departments, other departments are functioning with reduced staff, businesses have not fully started, all educational institutions are closed and essential services like Railways are not fully operational, the government instead of dealing with corona threat seriously, has enough time to take vindictive action against people involved in anti-CAA-NRC protests.
Advocate Mohammad Shoaib, State President of Socialist Party (India), retired Indian Police Services officer S.R. Darapuri and other accused have been served notices again for recovery of Rs. 64,37,637 and threatened with seizure of property in the event of non-payment within a week.
We demand that the false cases against the accused be withdrawn and the Union government also withdraw the CAA and NRC process.
Pannalal Surana
National President, 9423734089
Sandeep Pandey,
National Vice President, 0522 2355978, ashaashram@yahoo.com
Shyam Gambhir
National General Secretary, 9810503939, 9818123939
