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Stones and bricks were thrown astatine Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad and his supporters connected Monday (October 13, 2025) nighttime erstwhile the spiritual person went to inspect an alleged amerciable operation astatine the Karbala successful the Abbas Bagh area, constabulary officials said.
No 1 was injured successful the incident. However, a car suffered immoderate damage, they said. After the incident, Mr. Jawad staged a sit-in protestation astatine the tract with his supporters, accusing constabulary of negligence. He ended his sit-in aft an assurance from a elder serviceman that stern enactment would beryllium taken against the attackers.
Thakurganj Station House Officer (SHO) Omveer Singh Chauhan said that a ailment had been received successful transportation with the onslaught and an FIR would beryllium registered. According to the complaint filed by Karbala caretaker Sarim Mehdi, Mr. Jawad was connected his mode to the tract nether alleged encroachment erstwhile helium and his supporters were attacked.
Mr. Jawad told PTI that helium was attacked moments aft helium reached the Karbala. "I had gone to the Karbala astatine Abbas Bagh aft proceeding astir an amerciable construction. As I arrived, I was targeted by the mafia elements. They besides raised spiritual slogans to springiness the concern a communal colour," helium said.
The cleric claimed that helium had fixed a constabulary ailment against the "same elements" a fewer months ago, but nary enactment was taken. "Today's incidental would not person happened had constabulary acted against these elements earlier," helium said.
"We volition tribunal apprehension if constabulary neglect to enactment against the accused this time. There is grounds against them, and constabulary person to enactment now," helium said.
Mr. Jawad earlier told reporters astatine the sit-in that helium was attacked by "goons" and that constabulary took an inordinate clip successful responding to the attack. He claimed the onslaught was an effort connected his life.
The cleric said helium had afloat religion successful Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's run against amerciable constructions and hoped that the encroachments connected the Karbala onshore would besides beryllium removed.
Police said the concern astatine the tract was nether control.
(IWith inputs from PTI)
