Anti-CAA protests: Poet-turned-politician Imran Pratapgarhi in UP gets Show Cause notice of Rs 1.04 cr, Read why?

Guwahati: The Moradabad District Administration on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to poet-turned-politician Imran Pratapgarhi, saying that it “can recover Rs 1.04 crore” from him in connection with the anti-CAA protests taking place in the city since January 29.

According to the notice, the amount was calculated based on the daily cost of deploying security personnel during the protests.

“It has been noted that a large group of a particular section has been gathering for protests at Eidgah on your call even when Section 144 is in place. Keeping in mind the law and order situation, one extra platoon of RAF and another company-and-a-half section of PAC has been deployed, which costs Rs 13.42 lakh per day. Therefore, the administration can recover 1.04 crore from you,” says the notice issued by Additional City Magistrate Rajesh Kumar.

It is to be noted that the notice was issued on February 6, a day before Pratapgarhi visited the region to address protesters. Pratapgarhi, who unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha polls from Moradabad on a Congress ticket, joined the protest on February 7.

“A day before he participated in the protest, a notice under Section 111 of CrPC (magistrate order against any person who is likely to commit a breach of peace) was issued to him, asking him to sign a bond (saying) that peace will be maintained. He was asked to appear on February 12, but he did not do so,” said Kumar.

Pratapgarhi was asked to sign a personal bond of Rs 10 lakh and deposit two sureties of the same amount, undertaking to maintain peace.

“The notice has a reference to the fact that so far, a total expenditure of about Rs 1.04 crore has been spent on police forces deployed at the protest site. There is a warning that this amount can be recovered from him,” said Kumar.

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