India: Muslims, including an imam, pelt police team with stones for trying to seal a mosque

Indian Police

Jihad Watch : The mosque must not be closed. The prayers must go on. Coronavirus? Allah will protect them from that. This is the same kind of fanaticism that fuels jihad activity.

“Meerut: Police Team Trying To Seal Mosque In Jali Kothi Hotspot Attacked; Four Arrested,” IANS, April 12, 2020: Four persons, including the Imam of a mosque, have been arrested in Meerut for attacking a team of officials who had gone there to seal a mosque in Jali Kothi area, after Corona positive persons were found there.

Circle Officer Dinesh Shukla said the accused pelted stones at the team, injuring a police official and the city magistrate.“On February 24, three people attended a programme of a local Jamaat and came from Maharashtra (Malegaon) to Meerut. They were staying at Dariwaali Masjid. On Friday (10 April), their samples tested positive for coronavirus,” the circle officer said.

On Saturday, the in-charge of Delhi Gate police station Ravindra Singh along with police force and City Magistrate Satyendra Kumar Singh went to seal a lane in the Jali Kothi area. Some people started resisting them, and raised slogans against the police. They also pelted stones at the police.

In the incident, city magistrate and police station in-charge sustained injuries, the circle officer said.