The Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday arrested Faisal Khan, a member of an organisation working towards communal harmony, for offering prayers at a temple in Mathura on October 29, reported The Telegraph. Khan was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Tuesday, ANI reported.
Khan, who was arrested from Delhi’s Jamia Nagar area, is the national convenor of the Khudai Khidmatgar, founded by freedom fighter Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan – popularly known as Frontier Gandhi.
The Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested Khan on charges under section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion), and 505 (public mischief). However, the group said in a statement that the intention of the Gandhian activist was to advocate communal harmony during a five-day pilgrimage between October 24 and October 29.
On October 29,…