Mahant Bajrang Muni das has been arrested due to an indecent statement given by him. The accused Mahant has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody. Mahant Muni Bajrang Das has been arrested for making a controversial statement. SP Sitapur said that Mahant Bajrang Muni Das has been arrested for making controversial statements about Muslim women. The accused Mahant has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody. On Monday, women of the community gathered at a mosque in Khairabad town. During this, they demanded the arrest of the accused Mahant. On Thursday, the controversial statement was given by Mahant Muni Bajrang Das of Khairabad went viral. On this, organizing a meeting of the Peace Committee on Sunday, the police administration appealed to the people to make peace.
On Monday morning, women gathered near the glass mosque located in the town and demanded the arrest of the accused Mahant. On the spot in-charge SO Siyaram Chaurasia and town in-charge, Sanjay Singh reached and with the help of elite citizens explained to the women that action would be taken soon in this matter. After which the women calmed down and returned.
Mahant Bajrang Muni, who threatened to rape Muslim women in the Sitapur district, has been arrested in UP. There is a tense situation in Sitapur after the arrest of Bajrang Muni, who gave a hate speech, last night. Hundreds of Bajrang’s supporters have gathered at Khairagarh police station in Sitapur late in the night, after which the police lathi-charged the supporters of Bajrang. PAC has been deployed in many areas of Sitapur. Security has also been increased outside mosques. In view of peace and order, Bajrang was produced before the judge in the night itself, where Bajrang has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days after his appearance. It is worth mentioning that the UP Police had registered an FIR, in this case, six times.
This FIR was registered after people’s displeasure over the viral video of Mahant’s hate speech. The National Commission for Women had also taken cognizance of the hate speech. Commission’s chairperson Rekha Sharma had written a letter to the Director-General of Police of Uttar Pradesh to immediately intervene in the matter and register an FIR against Mahant.
