‘The Wire’ news portal, journalist booked for documentary on mosque demolition in U.P.

An FIR was lodged in opposition to news portal The Wire in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly spreading false info that non secular scriptures of a selected neighborhood have been thrown right into a river and drain following the demolition of a mosque by the administration in Barabanki.

The FIR was lodged for a documentary titled ‘How a Mosque in U.P.’s Barabanki was Demolished’, which confirmed members of the committee of the demolished mosque terming the executive act unlawful and claiming that they’d paperwork to show the construction was authorized.

The Barabanki administration, in May, after finishing up the demolition, with out making a reference to any mosque, mentioned an “illegal residential complex” was discovered located reverse to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s residence in the Ramsanehi Ghat tehsil compounds. The Allahabad High Court just lately issued notices to the administration on the demolition after petitions have been filed earlier than it terming the executive act unlawful and arbitrary.

Adarsh Singh, District Magistrate Barabanki, mentioned the FIR in opposition to The Wire was lodged for allegedly spreading deceptive and false info, attempting to unfold non secular animosity and frenzy, and spoil communal concord.

Many false and irrational statements have been made in the video that non secular scriptures of a selected faith have been thrown into the river and drains by the administration and police, mentioned Mr. Singh.

“It is absolutely false. Such an incident did not happen,” he mentioned.

Mohammad Anees, Mohammad Naeem, Seraj Ali, journalist of The Wire who reported the documentary, Mukul S. Chauhan and The Wire have been named in the FIR.

The case was lodged beneath Sections 153, 153A, 505 (1) (b), 120 B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.