Effigy of Sheila Dixit burnt in Azamgarh

VARANASI: Before the arrival of Congress ’27 Saal, UP Behal’ led by former Delhi chief minister and chief ministerial candidate for 2017 UP elections Sheila Dixit at Azamgarh on Saturday, a group of Rashtriya Ulema Council burnt her effigy near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Raidopur locality to express their protest against the

Batla House

encounter in Jamia Nagar, Delhi.

The youth wing state president Nurool Hoda said that Sheila Dixit, who was the chief minister of Delhi during the Batla House encounter on September 19, 2008, not only termed Azamgarh as the nursery of terrorism, but also refused probe into the matter. Besides, she had also accused the people of UP and Bihar of polluting Delhi, he said.

In Batla House encounter against Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists two youths Atif Amin and Mohamed Sajid belonging to Azamgarh were killed while two other suspects Mohd Saif and

Zeeshan

were arrested, while one accused Ariz Khan managed to escape. Delhi Police inspector Mohan Chand Sharma also lost his life in the encounter.