Border crosser arrested with intent to kill Nupur Sharma: Police
''Indian police have claimed to have arrested a Pakistani national who allegedly crossed the international border 'to take action against Nupur Sharma', a former spokesperson of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)''.
Clarify that Nupur Sharma had made a derogatory comment against the Prophet of Islam in a TV program, leading to a diplomatic crisis for India.
The local police announced that the alleged Pakistani citizen Rizwan Ashraf was arrested in the intervening night of July 16 and 17 from Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan state.
According to the police, the name of this 24-year-old man's father is Muhammad Ashraf and he is a resident of Kathial Sheikh, Pakistan.
Ashraf was arrested by the Border Security Force of India and handed over to the local police.
Against him, the local police have registered a case under laws like Arms Act, Passport Act and Foreigners Act.
According to Sriganganagar Superintendent of Police Anand Sharma, two knives, a water bottle, clothes and 'some religious literature' were recovered from Ashraf.
Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan | An accused was nabbed near the border fencing on the intervening night of July 16-17. He was identified as Rizwan Ashraf, 24, resident of Kuthiyal Shaikh, Pakistan. 2 knives were recovered from his bag: SP Anand Sharma (1/2) pic.twitter.com/kjvT67wKuW
The police have formed a Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC) to interrogate them.
Sharma said that 'he told in the interrogation that he is 8th pass, works as electricity etc,and he was hurt by Nupur Sharma's statement.
That's why he was coming to kill Nupur Sharma.
Earlier, Indian investigative agencies had alleged that the accused who killed a tailor in Udaipur for writing a post about Nupur Sharma was in contact with Pakistan.
In 2014, this accused named Ghous Mohammad went to the office of Dawat-e-Islami in Karachi, the police said.
Sri Ganganagar police said that Ashraf has not yet said whether he crossed the border voluntarily or came at the behest of someone.
He was asked, ''Do you know where she (Nupur Sharma) lives and where you want to go, then she did not know anything,'' Sarma said.
He did not even know in which state in India are which district.But he [thought] that fate would deliver me.
Stories of mistakenly crossing the India-Pakistan border are frequent and sometimes even mentally ill people cross the border.
According to the police, Ashraf is mentally fine.
However, ''He is like those people who are quite extreme,'' Sharma said.
Clarify that Nupur Sharma was the BJP spokesperson who made a derogatory comment against the Prophet of Islam in a TV channel debate which created an uproar in India and many Muslim countries and a diplomatic crisis for India. created After this ruckus, the BJP suspended him from the party.
Cases have been registered against him in many places across the country for hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims.
He has approached the Supreme Court to bring all these FIRs together in one court.
Bench assembles.
According to 'Live Law', a portal reporting on matters related to courts and law, while arguing on behalf of Nupur Sharma, her lawyer Maninder Singh told the Supreme Court this afternoon about 'a person belonging to Pakistan'.
Sr Adv Maninder Singh for Nupur Sharma : Certain developments have happened after last order. There are serious threats. There are reports of a person from Pakistan travelling. The people who have detained in Patna..#NupurSharma
He said, ''There has been some progress since the previous order [when the court last heard the matter]''.
There are serious risks. A person has been reported to have arrived from Pakistan.
The police say that Ashraf's interrogation by the JIC will continue for five days.