On 4th August, Ayodhya Police debunked false claims of “Hindu man had affair with the victim” by supporters of SP MP Awadhesh Prasad. In a post replying to former State Minister from Azamgarh and Samajwadi Party leader IP Singh, Ayodhya police said, “In the above case, based on the complaint received, a case was registered and both the named accused Moeed Khan and Raju Khan were arrested and sent to judicial custody. Further legal proceedings are underway based on scientific evidence collection.” Reply from the police came after IP Singh made false claims that the accused Raju was a “Hindu” and had a “love affair” with the victim.
उपरोक्त प्रकरण में प्राप्त तहरीर के आधार पर अभियोग पंजीकृत कर दोनों नामजद आरोपी मोहिद खान और राजू खान को गिरफ्तार कर न्यायिक हिरासत मे भेजा गया। वैज्ञानिक साक्ष्य संकलन के आधार पर अग्रिम विधिक कार्यवाही प्रचलित है।
— AYODHYA POLICE (@ayodhya_police) August 4, 2024
In a post on X, IP Singh added a video of Moeed Khan’s family members stating to the media. He wrote, “Why we all insisting that a DNA test be conducted is because Raju had a love affair with that girl and Raju is a Hindu. [He] used to work at the bakery [owned by Moeed Khan]. BJP leaders forcefully dragged the 72-year-old bakery owner into this case because he was a Muslim. Today, the Yogi government is playing politics on a false fabricated case. The Honourable High Court should take cognisance of this and the security of the girl should be increased. She should be shifted to AIIMS.”
In the video, the family members of Moeed Khan claimed that no one came to listen to their side. A lady in Hijab said, “It is being said that the girl had an affair with Raju. He is 20 years old. I gave birth to two children. I became a mother [for the first time] at the age of 16. If the girl was pregnant for two months, how did her mother not find out?” She further claimed that Raju told police that Moeed has no role in the matter but no one is listening to him. She further accused the girl’s family of lying under the influence of money and politics. Another family member said the politics was happening because the family is linked to the Samajwadi Party as Moeed Khan was made city head a year ago. Notably, in the video the family members neither used the full name of Raju nor directly asserted that he was a Hindu.
Not only IP Singh, but other X users and Samajwadi Party supporters pushed the same narrative to save Moeed Khan. Er, Chaudhary Uttam Chand asserted Akhilesh Yadav was right and copy-pasted exactly what IP Singh said.
OBC minor girl gang-raped by Moeed Khan and Raju Khan
In Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Moeed Khan and his worker Raju Khan allegedly gang-raped a minor OBC girl, recording the act to blackmail her for over two months. The crime surfaced when the girl’s health deteriorated due to pregnancy. There was a delay in filing the FIR. The police station operated from Moeed Khan’s property since 2012. Arrests were made after public pressure, and investigations are underway.
