Cops of the Bareilly police invited sharp criticism when at behest of the Nagar Palika Chairperson, they went on to lodge 33 cases against former chairman belonging to Bharatiya Janta Party and others and that too in one stroke. Interestingly, the move also pointed towards on-going war between the two leaders.
Sources said that Sahila Tahir, who is a Samajwadi Party leader and sitting chairperson of the Nagar Palika in Bareilly made a bizarre move when in one stroke, she reportedly used her clout of being the member of ruling Party and get 33 cases lodged against Ravindra Rathore, senior BJP leader, who was former chairman of the Nagar Palika.
Besides Ravindra Rathore, the owners of the shops who got possession during BJP leader’s regime also faced legal action as they were also named in the FIR lodged by Tahir. IG (law and order) A Satish Ganesh confirmed of 33 FIRs registered against Rathore in Bareilly but he claimed that they the move was not made in one day.
Sources confirmed that when Sahila Tahir was chairperson of Nagar Palika in Bareilly, she allotted about three dozen shops allegedly in the name of her supporters. later when Rathore took over as chairman of the Nagar Palika, the war between the two leaders started as alleging violation of rules and regulations in allotments of the shops, Rathore not only cancelled the allotment but also get the possession vacated forcibly.
He also reportedly recommended legal proceeding against the shop owners as well as to probe the matter and punished the officials found guilty in allotment process. Sources further confirmed that now with the change of political equation, Tahir once again came into power as chairperson of the Nagar Palika. To settle score with Rathore for cancelling allotments made by her, Tahir now decided to take legal action not only against her counterpart Rathore, but also against those who got new possession of those shops during Bharatiya Janta Party leader’s regime.
Now she reportedly got 33 cases registered against Rathore and others for forcibly getting the shops vacated, besides involving in loot and arson. All the cases were also registered by the Nawabganj police and they claimed to be making investigation before proceeding ahead with any kind of legal action in the matter.