A video from Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh is going viral on social media. The viral video is of a fight between an angry mob and a youth named Changez Khan. The police have started investigation by registering an FIR about this incident. The incident took place on Sunday (September 1, 2024). An FIR has already been registered against Changez Khan for molesting a Hindu woman after entering her house. However, a mob from the Muslim community protested in support of Changez instead of the victim woman. OpIndia investigated all the aspects related to this incident.
The viral video is about 2 minutes 20 seconds long. Islamic handles are sharing it calling it ‘mob lynching’ of Changez. In the video, after a quarrel at the start, Changez Khan is beaten up by the mob. At the end of the video, Changez is also seen apologising for his actions. According to the Pilibhit Police, a case has been registered in this matter and investigation and other necessary legal action is underway.
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— Pilibhit Police (@pilibhitpolice) September 7, 2024
Changez’s mother has filed an FIR
Changez’s mother Kaiser Jahan has lodged an FIR about this incident on Thursday (5th September, 2024). She described it as an incident from Sunday (1st September). Describing her son as a breadwinner of the family, Kaiser Jahan has accused Sanjay Mishra, Raju Rathore, Dheeraj, and Deepak, along with 10 unidentified people, of beating him. In Kaiser Jahan’s complaint, many allegations have been made against these accused, such as abusing the police, and breaking Changez’s bike.
A case has been registered under sections 191 (2), 191 (3), 190, 109, 140 (1), 351 (3), 309 (4) and 324 (4) of the Indian Penal Code (BNS). OpIndia has the FIR copy. However, in the full complaint, Kesar Jahan has not mentioned the reason for a mob beating Changez.
Changez Khan was forcing himself on a Dalit woman, he attacked first
OpIndia spoke to Sanjay Mishra, who is named as the main accused in Kesar Jahan’s FIR, to get his side of the story. Sanjay Mishra says that Changez was harassing a Dalit widow for a long time. The victim was constantly ignoring Changez. However, Changez’s actions did not change. According to Sanjay Mishra, on the day of the incident, on September 1, Changez, along with his brother Amjad, was trying to kidnap the victim. A member of a Hindu organisation saw this criminal act and started protesting.
Sanjay says that seeing the protesting person alone, Changez tried to run over him with his bike. When he failed in this attempt, Changez waved the pistol in his hand and tried to shoot. Changez’s brother Amjad was also said to be involved in this act. Sanjay says that the members of the Hindu organisation acted in self-defense, which later turned into a big controversy. He has demanded action against Changez under SC/ST Act and other sections.
Changez’s sister made a Hindu boy convert and his brother made a Nepali girl accept Islam
Sanjay Mishra says that Changez’s entire family is involved in anti-Hindu activities. He said that Changez’s sister had an affair with a boy from the Sharma community. It is said that first the young man’s properties were sold one by one, and later he was made to convert to Islam. Sanjay Mishra has also accused Changez’s brother that he brought a Hindu girl from Nepal to India, and also forced her to have relations with other members of his family.
Sanjay Mishra further tells that forced by this harassment, the Nepali girl first tried to commit suicide by consuming poison, but after surviving, she somehow returned to Nepal. We were told that despite having a job of just a few thousand rupees, Changez traps Hindu girls in his net by pretending to be rich. Changez’s brother Amjad, who drives a taxi, takes the mobile numbers of female passengers of the Hindu community. After this, Amjad gives these numbers to Changez. It was claimed that at least a dozen Hindu girls are trapped in Changez’s clutches.
Changez Khan had entered the house of a Hindu woman to molest her
Another FIR against Changez was registered in Pilibhit’s Puranpur police station on 3rd September 2024. This FIR was lodged by a Hindu woman from the OBC community. In the complaint, the victim has stated that Changez has been making obscene gestures to her for a long time. He passes lewd comments on the victim while going or coming somewhere. A month ago, Changez entered the victim’s house with bad intentions. The victim was alone in the house at that time, and Changez started molesting her. To save herself, the victim raised an alarm.
According to the victim, Changez got angry due to that. He threatened to kill the woman and fled from there. The victim then demanded strict action against Changez. The police registered this case under Section 74 and 351 (3) of the Indian Penal Code (BNS). OpIndia has the FIR copy. While the police was investigating this case, a case of Changez misbehaving with a woman belonging to the Scheduled Caste surfaced. On this issue, a fight broke out with the members of the Hindu organisations on 1st September.
Muslim crowds on the streets for Changez Khan instead of victims
On Friday (September 6), all the people of the Muslim community united and surrounded the Puranpur police station. All of them were gathered in support of Changez Khan and were demanding action against the members of the Hindu organisations. All of them abused the members of Bajrang Dal and other Hindu organisations. The crowd was also alleging that the police administration is not working with transparency. This crowd has also given an ultimatum to the administration that if Changez’s attackers are not sent to jail soon, then they will start a fierce protest.
भारतीय बजरंग दल,पीलीभीत ज़िलाध्यक्ष संजय मिश्रा को आतंकवादी बताने वाला यह व्यक्ति नूर अहमद अज़हरी है।पुरनपुर थाने में इसके ऊपर गैंगस्टर,ठगी,लूट,छेड़खानी के कई अपराध दर्ज है इसे ज़िला बदर भी किया जा चुका है,चंगेज़ खान के समर्थन में अपराधी एकत्र हो रहे हैं @dgpup @pilibhitpolice pic.twitter.com/rFjUjnmSf6
— Muniraj Singh (@singh_sin37000) September 7, 2024
It is also surprising that apart from the Muslim mob, Bhim Army is also tweeting in support of the accused Changez Khan and threatening the administration. Delhi State President (Bhim Army Student Union) of Bhim Party, which is allegedly a supporter of Dalits and backward classes, Zuber Chaudhary, writes in a tweet that the police-administration should take strict action or else a protest will be organised. There is not even a single word mentioned in his tweet for justice to the Dalit-OBC woman who was a victim of sexual exploitation.
उत्तर प्रदेश, पीलीभीत के पूरनपुर में बजरंग दल के संजय मिश्रा द्वारा चंगेज खान को बेरहमी से पीटा गया उस पर चाकू से वार किए, उसके प्राइवेट पार्ट पर लाठियां मारी और उसे मारने की नीयत से जंगल में ले गए पुलिस ने सूचना पर मौके से पहुँच कर युवक को बचाया लोगों में आक्रोश दिखने पर पुलिस… pic.twitter.com/3ODSDjrJNq
— Juber Choudhary (@JuberJamia) September 6, 2024
The notable thing is that during this time the crowd did not discuss the allegations against Changez even once. Nowhere in the entire protest was it said that the women, who were victims of Changez’s actions, should also get justice. A local person Manveer Singh even claims that the person named Noor Ahmed Azhari, who is leading the protest, has many serious crimes registered against him in Puranpur police station. Manveer says that Azhari, who is demonstrating by gathering a crowd in support of the criminal Changez, has also been declared a district outcast in the past.
