Police teams started tracking Gupta by using his cell phone location. He was detained from Janak Puri area. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kerala-house-row-hindu-sena-chief-vishnu-gupta-arrested/#sthash.1LxUcDXN.dpuf
Initially, officers from the Connaught Place police station tried to approach Kerala House officials, especially the resident commissioner. However, after Kerala House officials filed no complaints with the police over the incident, Delhi Police discussed the matter with their legal advisors, said sources. “On Wednesday morning, three separate teams started tracking Gupta by using his cell phone location. He was detained from Janak Puri area,” said sources. Gupta was detained at about 11 am and taken to Connaught Place police station, where he was questioned over the alleged false complaint. “He was arrested at about 4.30 pm,” said the police. The resident commissioner of Kerala House and senior officers of Delhi Police remained available for comment. On Tuesday, Bassi had said police were contemplating action against Gupta under Section 182 of the Indian Penal Code (false information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person). He had said the PCR call was given priority because “it had the potential to disrupt harmony between communities and could have had disastrous consequences, especially because of the past record of Gupta, national president of Hindu Sena”. Bassi had added, “The caller had already come to the police’s notice because of his past record.” - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kerala-house-row-hindu-sena-chief-vishnu-gupta-arrested/#sthash.1LxUcDXN.dpuf
Delhi police raid Kerala State residence in search of beef, in major political upset
The leader of a Hindu fundamentalist group filed a complaint against the sale of beef in the cafeteria of the state residence. But it was buffalo meat. Police are charged with violating the territory of Kerala, which controls the residence. Chief Minister of the Indian state asks the Minister to report on the incident.
Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta was arrested Wednesday, two days after a PCR call by him alleging that beef was being served in the restaurant at Kerala House prompted police to visit the state guest house to ‘inquire’ into the matter.
The visit, termed as a raid by the AAP government in Delhi and the Kerala government, among others, triggered a political controversy.
In a related development, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi submitted a report on the incident to the Ministry of Home Affairs. He did not share details.
“Gupta has been arrested under Section 107/151 of CrPC. He was taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital for a medical examination before his arrest. We will produce him in the special executive magistrate court,” said DCP, New Delhi, Jatin Narwal.
Initially, officers from the Connaught Place police station tried to approach Kerala House officials, especially the resident commissioner. However, after Kerala House officials filed no complaints with the police over the incident, Delhi Police discussed the matter with their legal advisors, said sources. “On Wednesday morning, three separate teams started tracking Gupta by using his cell phone location. He was detained from Janak Puri area,” said sources. Gupta was detained at about 11 am and taken to Connaught Place police station, where he was questioned over the alleged false complaint. “He was arrested at about 4.30 pm,” said the police. The resident commissioner of Kerala House and senior officers of Delhi Police remained available for comment. On Tuesday, Bassi had said police were contemplating action against Gupta under Section 182 of the Indian Penal Code (false information, with intent to cause public servant to use his lawful power to the injury of another person). He had said the PCR call was given priority because “it had the potential to disrupt harmony between communities and could have had disastrous consequences, especially because of the past record of Gupta, national president of Hindu Sena”. Bassi had added, “The caller had already come to the police’s notice because of his past record.” - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kerala-house-row-hindu-sena-chief-vishnu-gupta-arrested/#sthash.1LxUcDXN.dpuf
Delhi police raid Kerala State residence in search of beef, in major political upset
The leader of a Hindu fundamentalist group filed a complaint against the sale of beef in the cafeteria of the state residence. But it was buffalo meat. Police are charged with violating the territory of Kerala, which controls the residence. Chief Minister of the Indian state asks the Minister to report on the incident.
New Delhi (AsiaNews / Agencies) - While debate still rages over the Dadri episode, where a Muslim man from Uttar Pradesh was attacked and lynched by a mob of radical Hindus on suspicion of having eaten beef, police in New Delhi have sparked a "political incident" for having carried out a raid at Kerala House following a complaint from some Hindu right wing activists of the sale of beef in the residence canteen.
Chief Minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy, has criticized the behavior of the police and asked the Union Home Secretary to report on fact, since the actions of the police fall under his responsibility. Delhi agents are accused of "violating" the territory of Kerala, which controls the residence.
The episode occurred yesterday afternoon, when three members of the VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the Hindu ultra-nationalist group) reported that beef was being offered on the menu at Kerala House, the residence of the chief minister and other senior politicians when in Delhi. They first threatened violence if the sale of the meat was not immediately discontinued and then warned Vishnu Gupta, leader of the Hindu Sena (fundamentalist Hindu), who alerted the police.
Following Gupta’s complaint, 20 policemen raided the residence and demanded an explanation from the staff of the State of residence, which denied the sale of beef and confirmed that buffalo meat was being used. Employees also stated that "the meat served in the restaurant was purchased in slaughterhouses authorized by the Government of Delhi." However, the sale of the meat has been suspended.
Following Gupta’s complaint, 20 policemen raided the residence and demanded an explanation from the staff of the State of residence, which denied the sale of beef and confirmed that buffalo meat was being used. Employees also stated that "the meat served in the restaurant was purchased in slaughterhouses authorized by the Government of Delhi." However, the sale of the meat has been suspended.
Chandy has harshly condemned the police action. He said: "Kerala House is the resistance of State for politicians and senior officials. I want all the details of what happened. The Delhi police should show restraint and make the necessary inquiries with the staff, before intervening. The Delhi Police must respond to the Union government, so I will ask the Minister to report on the incident".
In return, the police justified the raid as a form of "prevention of possible violence or vandalism", given the tensions that have emerged in recent weeks following the Dadri lynching, which has also provoked the sharp response of intellectuals and those opposed to the climate of intolerance fomented by radical Hindus in India, justifying attacks on religious minorities with the Hindutva ideology.
Beef has been banned in many areas of the nation, but continues to be consumed by Muslims, Christians and Dalits (untouchables) and is one of the main livelihoods for these communities.
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