Namaz at Public Place; UP Police Files Case against AIMIM Leader

Lucknow: Lucknow police have filed a case against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Uzma Praveen for offering prayers at Husain Ganj Metro station in the city.

This incident came to the fore when the AIMIM leader posted a picture of her namaz on her Twitter handle. Lucknow police alleged that Uzma had falsely shown the place of offering prayers to be Vidhan Bhawan which is misleading. “Just to create hype on social media,” the official said.

“A case under charges of IPC 153 A (promoting enmity), IPC 200 (giving false information), and IPC 283 (obstruction of public way) 66 IT act was registered against Uzma,” said the DCP.

After this, Praveen tweeted that a mountain is being made out of a molehill. She said police were following the media personnel while she was following her religion.

On August 24, a huge number of people gathered to offer namaz under Chhajlet PS limits; there was no mosque there, only 2 houses. After receiving a complaint, a case was registered against the owners of both houses. In July last year, an FIR was registered against six persons for offering Namaz at Lucknow’s Lulu mall.