The UttarakhandPolice on Thursday arrested a co-accused in Haridwar Hate Speech case JitendraNarayan Singh Tyagi, on Thursday. Jitendra, formerly known as, Waseem Rizvi, isthe first accused to be arrested in the case.
After hisarrest, Yati Narsinghanand, one of the accused religious leaders in the case,his video got viral on the Internet. In the video, the police officers wereoffering him to cooperate with the investigation.
UttarakhandPolice recently issued notices to Yati Narsinghanand and another accused toappear before them. Yati questioned the Police Why they arrested Tyagi? They explainedthat they have to make the arrest as a case is filed against him.
Narsinghanandasked, “I am with him in all the three cases. Did he do it alone?”
The officerssaid “Tyagi is understanding the situation” on which Yati replied, “But I amno.”
Jitendra NarayanSingh Tyaggi was a former Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central WaqfBoard, originally known as Waseem Rizvi, converted into a Hindu last month. It wasNarsinghanand who organized the ceremony.
As thepolice officials keep insisting Yati for investigation, he said, “Tum sabmaroge, apne bachon ko bhi..” (all of you will die, your children too)
There weretotal of more than 10 people including Yati, Tygai and others whose names areregistered in the FIR in the speeches case.
Tyagi wasarrested in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. This is the first arrest in the case. The policeis doing their further investigation and will take charge upon other accused.