MUMBAI: Mumbai police have registered an FIR against the organisers of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s rally at Chandivli the day before for allegedly violating Covid norms and defying section 144 of CrPC, an official said on Sunday.
The FIR registered by Sakinaka police late on Saturday night named Sabre Alam and four others, all activists of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen. The case was registered against them under various sections of the IPC, including 188 (disobeying the order promulgated by public servant), 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and provisions of the Disaster Management Act, the official said.
Mumbai police had imposed section 144 of CrPc over the weekend prohibiting gathering of more than four persons in view of the new Omicron variant cases coming to the fore.
The rally, held in Chandivli ahead of civic polls in Mumbai and other cities, was attended by thousands, including AIMIM activists who travelled from Aurangabad led by party MP Imtiaz Jaleel to demand quota for Muslims.
Meanwhile, state Congress working president Arif Naseem Khan slammed Owaisi and Jaleel for allegedly “working for the BJP whenever elections are close.”
Hitting back, Khan on Sunday said that Owaisi and his party have exposed themselves by “riding a car with petrol supplied by the BJP”.
“This vehicle called Owaisi moves only when an election is near. Now that BMC elections are near, they have begun working for the BJP,” said Khan. Khan said that it was the Congress-NCP government which gave 5% reservation to Muslims.
“After the BJP came to power in 2014, it denied Muslims reservation. When we fought for its restoration in assembly, MIM’s two MLAs (Imtiaz Jaleel and Waris Pathan) were silent. They remember reservation only when an election nears,” he said. .
