UP Police Invokes NSA Against Student Activist, Journalist Over Noida Workers' Protests |
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New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh police have invoked provisions of the National Security Act (NSA), 1980 against two persons – student activist Akriti Choudhary and senior journalist Satyam Verma – in connection with the Noida workers’ protest case.
“The only detail we have is the press release by the police media cell. We have not been given any documents on what grounds it [NSA] has been invoked. Ideally, under the law they [police] are supposed to file papers in court and inform the lawyers but none of that has happened”, said Supreme Court lawyer Ali Zia Kabir Choudhary, who is representing seven activists arrested in the case.
The press release, which lawyer Ali Zia Kabir Choudhary referred to, has been issued on behalf of the Gautambuddhnagar Police Commissionerate media cell.
“Action has been taken against two accused under NSA in connection with violence that erupted during worker’s protest. Both the accused, who were associated with the Mazdoor Bigul Dasta, played a prominent role in violence and arson........