New Delhi: Commenting upon the arrest of 10 Muslim youth during the raid by National Investigative
Agency (NIA) in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi, Congress spokesman Rashid Alvi said that Amroha and Jafarabad are defamed with a conspiracy, though the area has been the abode of peace and harmony. He alleged that NIA is working as a government agent.
Rashid Ali said if the accusation is true then the culprits must be hanged but if they are innocent they should immediately be released.
The former MP Alvi said a delegation of Hindus and Muslims had called on him and the story narrated by them is quite contrary to the report presented by NIA. Without naming them he said that he was told by the eyewitnesses that nearly 160 policemen in 25 to 30 vehicles surrounded them. They brought a truck full of items and presented the same as seized items. When an elderly eyewitness objected, he was threatened and silenced.