After a video of a Bangladeshi Muslim migrant Sheikh Ataul openly threatening to behead the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, Noida Police arrested the accused and seized some weapons.
The police recovered a pistol of .315 bore, live cartridges, a knife objectionable documents (photos), mobile phone from the 40-year-old accused.
While the police are investigating whether Sheikh Ataul was involved in any criminal activities, he has reportedly told the police that he kept the weapons for his safety and to scare people. During the initial interrogation, Sheikh said that someone had told him that the government was getting all the mosques demolished, which is why he made this inflammatory comment. Regarding a photo found with him, he said that he kept it to show it to his co-religionists.
A case has been registered against Sheikh in Noida Sector 39 police station under several sections of the BNS and IT Act. Noida Police said that a case was registered against an unknown person in Sector 39 police station by the Social Media Cell Gautam Buddh Nagar.
“The accused was arrested for making objectionable, false and provocative comments about a public leader holding a constitutional post in the country by making a video viral on the social media platform X. Illegal weapons, objectionable documents (photos) and a mobile phone were recovered from his possession,” Additional DCP Noida said.
थाना सेक्टर-39 नोएडा:-सोशल मीडिया प्लेटफार्म एक्स पर वीडियो वायरल कर देश के संवैधानिक पद पर बैठे जननेता के संबंध में आपत्तिजनक, झूठी व भड़काऊ टिप्पणी करने वाला अभियुक्त गिरफ्तार, कब्जे से अवैध हथियार व आपत्तिजनक दस्तावेज(फोटो) व एक मोबाइल फोन बरामद ।
— POLICE COMMISSIONERATE GAUTAM BUDDH NAGAR (@noidapolice) December 17, 2024
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As reported earlier, on 13th December, Khabar India, a YouTube-based news channel, published a video on the sidelines of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections scheduled for early 2025. In the video, the reporter asked questions to Muslim migrant workers from West Bengal who have been working in Delhi for years. During the interview, one of the migrant workers openly threatened to behead the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath. The Muslim workers said they prefer Congress over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), as “Rahul Gandhi” is a good leader. They further hoped that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee would become Prime Minister in 2029, replacing PM Narendra Modi.
The interview took a disturbing turn when one of the Muslim migrant workers expressed anger towards UP CM Yogi Adityanath, specifically targeting him for the construction of the Bhavya Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the demolition of illegal mosques and mazars, and actions against loudspeakers and illegal slaughterhouses. He went ahead and threatened to behead CM Yogi, saying, “Bismillah bolunga aur Qurbani de dunga Yogi ki”, which literally translates to “I will invoke Bismillah and sacrifice Yogi.” While making the threat, he symbolically gestured as though performing “qurbani” with his hands.
