Ghaziabad traders protest police inaction, shut shops
August 11th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad Aug 11 (IANS) Shopkeepers here downed shutters Saturday to protest police cases lodged against them and presented a memorandum to the senior superintendent of police (SSP) to withdraw the cases.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) city convenor Sardar S.P. Singh said Friday that six boys tried to abduct a girl while she was returning from school. Tough resistance by her and swift help from shopkeepers forced the boys to flee.
Immediately after the incident, the victim’s brother lodged a police complaint against six boys of Mirza Jaan locality, where the girl lives with her family.
Police detained one accused but he was forcibly taken away from the police post by about two dozen youths of the locality. They beat up the police post in-charge and damaged the building. On learning of the incident, shopkeepers protested police inaction.
Late Friday night traders came to know that the accused youths were still at large and that police had registered criminal cases against a hundred-odd traders, including some local BJP leaders.
The BJP leaders then presented a memorandum to the district magistrate and the police chief.
Sardar Singh said the SSP assured them that innocent people would be not harassed and action would be initiated against those who indulged in the violence after viewing video clippings.
“It is police atrocity to book local traders who were protesting against eve-teasing by local boys who tried to abduct the girl. Instead of arresting the culprits and those who ransacked the police post, took away the criminals and thrashed the police post in-charge, police registered criminal cases against traders who were protesting against all this,” said Ghaziabad city mayor Teluram Kamboj.
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