“Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel insulted: Islamists in Bareilly garland the freedom fighter’s statue with shoes during the Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession; complaint filed”, Opindia, September 17, 2024:
“In Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, an Islamist mob insulted freedom fighter Sardar Patel, the great Ironman of India while taking out a religious procession. It is said that during the Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession in Bareilly, a group of 8-9 unknown Islamist miscreants garlanded a statue of Sardar Patel with shoes. Outraged by the insult to Sardar Patel, Hindu organisations have filed a Police complaint in this matter. The Police have initiated an investigation into this incident.
The incident unfolded in the Nawabganj police station area of Bareilly district. On Monday (16th September 2024), a member of Hindu Jagran Manch, Haripal Singh gave a Police complaint regarding this incident.
In his complaint, Haripal Singh stated that on Monday morning between 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM, the Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession was taken out from the Nawabganj market. Muslims in the hundreds, were part of this procession. A statue of Indian Freedom fighter, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stands on the route from where the procession was passing…….”
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