Jihadi cited Bijnor alleged rape to stoke communal passion

LUCKNOW:

Kashmiri jihadi Zakir Musa

who used to work as Hizbul Mujahideen commander, raised the

Bijnor

rape case while disseminating his message to his followers. On Tuesday, anti-terrorist squad of UP police went through the voice recording which had been intercepted by intelligence agencies recently.

Musa is instigating Muslim men by highlighting how a Muslim woman who was fasting was sexually targeted by police personnel while she had boarded a Chandigarh-bound train on May 30. The said incident is being probed and the government railway police constable who was caught with the woman is in jail. Police denied the woman was raped, as was alleged.

Inspector general of anti-terrorist squad Asim Arun said ramifications of the audio message were being evaluated. “He cited the Bijnor case twice in his address. We are keeping a close watch in sensitive towns in west UP. Social media is being used widely to mislead people and the Bijnor case is the latest example,” said Arun.

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