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Varanasi iftar row: 45 days after arrest, police waiting for ‘forensic report’, Instagram video details

The Indian Express·Manish Sahu·about 1 month ago
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Nearly two months after 14 youths were held for allegedly disposing of leftover chicken biryani into the Ganga at Varanasi on March 17, police say they are still waiting for a “forensic report”, without sharing details. Sources said a report is also awaited from Instagram on the account from which the video of the 14 purportedly caught in the act was uploaded. With police yet to file a chargesheet, the bail hearing of the 14 Muslim youths – accused of “hurting religious sentiments”, “defiling” a place of worship and “extortion”, as well as of charges under the pollution Act – is to come up on May 5 now before the Allahabad High Court. Three hearings have happened in the court, with their bail application earlier rejected by a lower court and a Sessions Court. In the time since, only one similar incident has led to police action off the Varanasi ghats, after two youths were allegedly caught drinking beer on the Ganga.…

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