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LUCKNOW/AGRA: A five-member team of UP STF filed a chargesheet of 5,000-page document against eight members the Popular Front of India (PFI) before a Mathura court on Saturday, accusing them of receiving funds from abroad to foment caste riots in Hathras in the wake of alleged gang rape of 19-year-old girl which led to her death in September 2020.
They were slapped with sedition charges along with the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The chargesheet has been accepted and the court has fixed May 1 as the next date of hearing.
Five of the eight members charged by the STF were presented before the Mathura court. They included journalist Siddique Kappan, Masood Ahmad, Atiq-ur-Rahman, Mohammad Alam and Rauf Sharif, while two of them Anshad Badruddin and Firoz Khan attended the court proceedings via video link from Lucknow jail.
Synopsis The STF accused them of receiving funds from abroad to foment caste riots in Hathras in the wake of the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old girl in September 2020.
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(This story originally appeared in on Apr 04, 2021)A five-member team of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UPSTF) filed a 5,000-page chargesheet against eight members of the Campus Front of India (CFI) student wing of Popular Front of India (PFI) before a Mathura court on Saturday. The STF accused them of receiving funds from abroad to foment caste riots in Hathras in the wake of the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old girl in September 2020.
Hathras rape accused being taken to Gandhinagar FSL from Ahmedabad Central Jail (File photo)
AGRA/ LUCKNOW: A five-member team of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UPSTF) filed a chargesheet of 5,000-page document against eight members of the Campus Front of India (CFI) student wing of Popular Front of India (PFI) before a Mathura court on Saturday, accusing them of receiving funds from abroad to foment caste riots in Hathras in the wake of alleged gang rape of 19-year-old girl which led to her death in September 2020. They were slapped with sedition charges along with the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).