Balaghat assault: RSS seeks immediate arrest of cops

BHOPAL: Displeased with the way police assault on RSS pracharak Suresh Yadav was projected across the country, Sangh Parivar on Thursday demanded that officers involved in the case should be arrested with immediate effect.
Yadav was arrested from the organisation’s office in Baihar town of Balaghat district for an alleged anti-Islamic WhatsApp post and brutally beaten up, resulting in multiple injuries.
“An attempt is being made to project the incident as RSS versus police clash, which is not the case. Some elements are politicising the case, but we want justice like a common citizen,” said Ashok Pandey, Sah Prant Sanghchalak of RSS (Madhya Bharat), on Thursday.
Pandey said the officials who attacked RSS pracharak were at large even 25 days after the incident.
Sangh Parivar demands immediate arrest of the guilty officials.
“We are not happy the way state government handled the case. We are also not fully satisfied with the action against the police officers, as we want the guilty officers to be arrested at the earliest possible,” he reiterated.
Raising doubts over alleged propaganda to support police officers on the duty at the time of incident, Kshetra Sampark Pramuch (Balaghat) Rajkumar Matale said the RSS only demands action and no controversy over the issue.
He, however, could not explain why Yadav was left without any treatment even after 24 hours of the incident. He said the RSS only protested against those police officers who “crossed the limit and used disproportionate force” against Yadav.
Earlier, the state government had constituted a SIT after the arrest and alleged assault on Yadav, following which a number of police officers were suspended, including additional SP Rajesh Sharma and the local station in-charge Zia-ul-Haque.
Besides, IG (Balaghat range) DC Sagar and district SP Asit Yadav were also transferred.