The obscure Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi that shot into limelight in the wake of the Mathura violence is a little-known cult group claiming to be followers of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. UP Congress Vice-President and Chairman of the Communication department Satyadeo Tripathi, in a statement here said that lawyer Vijay Pal Tomar, who went to the High Court against the illegal encroachment of Jawahar Bagh, has alleged that the state government had prepared papers to hand over the land to the “so-called satyagrahis” at Re one per acre of land for 99-year lease.
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Mathura: The bloody clashes between Uttar Pradesh police and members of Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi during a eviction drive at Jawahar Bagh yesterday has killed twenty-four in total including one SP and a Station House Officer (SHO). They also started running a government. The head of the group, Ramvriksh Yadav, is on the run now, his group “Swadhin Bharat” pledges its allegiance to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Their demands also include the cancellation of elections of the President and Prime Minister of India.
Discontinuation of the Indian currency and introduction of Azad Hind Fauj’s currency. Both these groups have been protesting for a while, leading up to the recent violence. On May 25, the administration made an attempt to evict them but failed.
Police on Saturday confirmed that mastermind of violence Ram Vriksha Yadav had died in the incident.
Similarly, district administration officers and employees have chose to donate their one day salary for the police officers’ families, an official release said. Police should have gone with full preparation and after holding talks, but there was no information that they would be having so much (arms and ammunition),”Yadav told reporters”. “These activists are followers of Baba Jai Gurudeo and have named their outfit as “Swadheen Bharat Vidhik Satyagrahi”.
Uttar Pradesh DGP Javeed Ahmad said that the police is preparing to slap the National Security Act (NSA) against the leaders of the protesters along with others who have been illegally occupying Mathura’s Jawahar Bagh for the last two years. “Even after several notices were served to them, they were not ready to leave the premises”, Mathura District Magistrate Rajesh Kumar was quoted as saying.
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Asked if it would be a magisterial probe, he said “it would be a high-power administrative probe”.
