HC seeks details on riots during Akhilesh rule
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday sought details of all the riots that have taken place since the Akhilesh Yadav regime was sworn in on March 15, 2012.
The court gave this direction to the state government while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by social activist Nutan Thakur.
The petitioner sought investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of all major riots that have taken place after formation of new government and said that a sitting high court judge be inducted in the one-man Justice Vishnu Sahay Commission, set up by the state government to probe the recent Muzaffarnagar clashes that left 48 dead.
After hearing arguments of petitioner’s counsel Ashok Pandey, the bench comprising Justice Imtiyaz Murtaza and Justice Arvind Kumar Tripathi-II directed state’s additional advocate general Bulbul Godiyal to apprise the court within two weeks on writs on communal riots filed in the Supreme Court and the Allahabad high court as well.
According to the PIL, the action and policy of the current government and its officials has been such that it shows a definite tilt towards a particular sect.
The petitioner said that in all the riots that took place in the last 18 months, the administration has shied away from taking action against culprits of that particular sect. This, the petitioner said, has resulted in a sense of mistrust in members of the other community, including the petitioner.
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