‘Hooliganism’: Uttarakhand HC criticises state for detaining activist who wanted to join CJP protest
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The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday criticised the state police for detaining a political activist after he posted on social media that he would join the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest in Delhi, Live Law reported.
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The state appeared to have engaged in “gundagardi”, or hooliganism, a bench comprising Justices Ravindra Maithani and Siddhartha Sah said.
On Sunday, Uttarakhand Parivartan Party chief Prabhat Dhyani was reportedly detained at Rishikesh railway station. A day earlier, he had uploaded a Facebook post expressing support for activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike as part of the Cockroach Janta Party’s protest and said he would participate in the march to Parliament.
The Cockroach Janta Party is demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged mismanagement of competitive examinations. On Monday, many protesters attempted to march to Parliament, where security personnel fired tear gas shells at and lathi-charged them.
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After Dhyani’s detention, his associate, Lal Mani, approached the High Court seeking his release.
Dhyani was traced to the Ramnagar police station in Nainital and was released within 24 hours. This was conveyed to the High Court on Monday, Bar and Bench reported.
On Tuesday, the counsel for the state government sought to justify the activist’s detention by citing Section 172 of the...