Protests and court arrests in Rishikesh and Kotdwar demanding immediate release of UKD’s Ashutosh Negi and Ashish Negi. Remanded to 14 days judicial custody

The detained journalist turned leader of UKD Ashutosh Negi has been remanded to 14 days judicial custody by the magistrate Rishikesh. The youth wing’s chief of UKD Ashish Negi too has been sent to judicial custody for two weeks.

While, taking both the UKD leaders into custody they raised slogans ” Jai Uttarakhand, Jai Pahadee”.

Meanwhile, there are several protest demonstrations and subsequent arrests in Rishikesh, Kotdwar and various parts of Garhwal including debates going on in the news channels demanding the immediate release of the central media incharge of Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and journalist Ashutosh Negi including the president of Youth wing of UKD who have been allegedly arbitrarily arrested by the Uttarakhand Police today on various charges as both of them have been extremely active in Ankita Bhandari matter, the relentless struggle on employment issues and on the recent issues of the indecent remarks of the former minister Prem Chandra Aggrawal against Uttarakhandies and thereafter by state BJP chief and MP Mahendra Bhatt pronouncing the Andolankaries demanding action against the erring minister at Gairsain as SADAK CHAAP NETA.

After the dramatic arrest of both the UKD youth leaders and their being remanded to 14 days judicial custody there is tremendous resentment in various parts of Uttarakhand with protests in the roads in Rishikesh and Kotdwar with women and men also courting arrests.

The furious protestors demanding the CBI enquiry in Ankita Bhandari case to expose and stringently punish the VIP are levelling serious allegations against the BJP government saying that instead of arresting the VIP they are arresting those fighting for the noble cause.

It may be recalled that Ashutosh Negi was earlier framed up in an SCST act and now in another case. His wife who is working at Dehradun had been transferred arbitrarily to a distant location at Pithoragarh. Ashutosh moved the Uttarakhand high court from where he got a temporary relief by the transfer being stayed.

The media fraternity of Dehradun and Uttarakhand Kranti Dal activists including the Congress party is opposing the arrests of Ashutosh and Ashish Negi saying that whosoever is speaking against the BJP government of Uttarakhand are being arrested arbitrarily on frivolous and fabricated charges.

According to the latest news these two UKD leaders were arrested on the so called charges of threatening a hotel owner, showing shoes and inciting regionalism, finally being sent to 14 days judicial custody.

According to the news reports Ashish Sharma, Hotel Manager, Rajwada Restaurant, Nalapani Chowk, Raipur, in his complaint to the police informed that on 4th February last month, Shaukeen Singh, son of Sahukar Singh, resident of Village Kandar, Post Ghuttu, Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal was appointed as chef in our restaurant.

But he did not work properly and he left the job on 25th February saying that he was going abroad. The next day on 26th February at around 5 pm suddenly 6-7 people came to our restaurant and they were claiming to be UKD workers. One of them was identified as Ashutosh Negi and the other as Ashish Negi.

However, the fact of the matter is that the owner complainant has blocked the salary of the chef and was harrassing him. He came and complained his grievances to these two leaders of UKD who met the owner and asked him to pay his salary but instead he lifted the complaint on alleged frivolous charges. One Kuldeep Singh Rawat writes on facebook in Hindi : उत्तराखंड क्रांति दल के आशुतोष नेगी और आशीष नेगी को आज सुबह पुलिस ने घर से गिरफ्तार कर दिया इनका कसूर इतना था की इन्होने उत्तराखंड के उन गरीबो के लिये लड़ाई लड़ी जिनसे पहले मजदूरी करवाई गई फिर उनकी सैलरी मार दी गई

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