After Rakesh Sachan, another Minister in the Yogi Adityanath Government, Sanjay Nishad, has landed in trouble as a court has issued a non-bailable warrant against him. The court in Gorakhpur has ordered the arrest and production of Nishad by August 10. The responsibility of compliance with this order has been given to Shahpur police.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Jagannath has ordered the police to produce Fisheries Minister Sanjay Nishad in the court, and if necessary, to take him in custody in compliance with his orders.
It may be mentioned that the NBW against Cabinet Minister Nishad was issued in a 7-year-old case. On June 7, 2015, a movement was going on in Kasarwal under Sahjanwa police station, to press the demand of 5 per cent reservations for Nishads in government jobs. The agitators were sitting on the railway track. Meanwhile, a dispute escalated and the police resorted to lathi-charge in which one person had died while 24 policemen were injured in the violence.
Then it was alleged that the man had died after being shot by the police.
Due to this the movement became violent and the agitators clashed with the police. Several police vehicles were torched by the agitators. After this, a case was registered against many people, including NISHAD Party chief Sanjay Nishad, for rioting, sabotage, arson and other related sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Significantly, Sanjay Nishad's party is an ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Both the parties had come together before the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. One son of Sanjay Nishad is an MP and the other is an MLA. Apart from this, Sanjay Nishad himself is a member of the UP Legislative Council.
Earlier, a Kanpur court, on Saturday, found UP’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Rakesh Sachan guilty in the 1991 Arms Act case. Unhappy with the decision, the lawyers and supporters of Rakesh Sachan allegedly left the courtroom after he was found guilty. However, the minister denied the allegation and called it a rumour.
Rakesh Sachan said, "Some cases are pending, the things that are going on are misleading". He added that the court's decision would be accepted.
The court filed a complaint against Rakesh Sachan in the Kotwali police station late at night. The court in its complaint has asked Kanpur police to register a case in this matter.
Kanpur Nagar’s Joint Commissioner of Police Anand Prakash Tiwari, after receiving the complaint, started an investigation in this matter. He said, "The statements of all related people will be recorded, the CCTV footage will be checked and then further action will be taken.”
He added, "The facts of the complaint will also be examined. The investigation is expected to be completed in a day or two. Further action will be taken accordingly."
Sachan claimed on Sunday that he was currently in Kanpur. He said that he had to talk to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on this issue and after that he could be called to Lucknow.