The Uttarakhand
Police on Thursday arrested a co-accused in Haridwar Hate Speech case Jitendra
Narayan Singh Tyagi, on Thursday. Jitendra, formerly known as, Waseem Rizvi, is
the first accused to be arrested in the case.
After his
arrest, Yati Narsinghanand, one of the accused religious leaders in the case,
his video got viral on the Internet. In the video, the police officers were
offering him to cooperate with the investigation.
Uttarakhand
Police recently issued notices to Yati Narsinghanand and another accused to
appear before them. Yati questioned the Police Why they arrested Tyagi? They explained
that they have to make the arrest as a case is filed against him.
Narsinghanand
asked, “I am with him in all the three cases. Did he do it alone?”
The officers
said “Tyagi is understanding the situation” on which Yati replied, “But I am
no.”
Jitendra Narayan
Singh Tyaggi was a former Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf
Board, originally known as Waseem Rizvi, converted into a Hindu last month. It was
Narsinghanand who organized the ceremony.
As the
police officials keep insisting Yati for investigation, he said, “Tum sab
maroge, apne bachon ko bhi..” (all of you will die, your children too)
There were
total of more than 10 people including Yati, Tygai and others whose names are
registered in the FIR in the speeches case.
Tyagi was
arrested in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. This is the first arrest in the case. The police
is doing their further investigation and will take charge upon other accused.