Samajwadi Party Leader Haji Mohammad Usman Booked By Uttar Pradesh Police For Offering Peaceful Namaz At Moradabad Circuit House

Uttar Pradesh police registered a criminal case against Samajwadi Party district vice president Haji Mohammad Usman for offering peaceful namaz. The incident took place at a government circuit house in Moradabad. Usman offered his short afternoon prayer quietly in front of a parked car without blocking any road or causing trouble. Yet police booked him under Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita sections 285 and 292 for public obstruction and public nuisance.

Extremist Groups Pressure Local Officials To Weaponize Police Power

The official police complaint was filed by a public works department engineer after extreme Hindutva groups protested. Group leaders from Rashtriya Bajrang Dal demanded action against Muslim prayers on government property. Video recordings clearly show that no person or vehicle was stopped by Usman. The administration ignored video proof and yielded directly to right wing pressure.

Systematic Ban On Islamic Worship Across Public Spaces In Uttar Pradesh

This legal action is part of a larger plan by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to stop Muslim worship in public areas. State authorities routinely enforce strict bans against offering namaz in public parks, roadsides, and open grounds. In Meerut and other districts, police warned that Muslims offering public prayers would lose passports and licenses. The state uses administrative orders to systematically restrict basic Islamic religious practices.

Complete Impunity For Majoritarian Processions Blocking Major National Highways

The government treats majoritarian Hindu religious events with total tolerance while criminalizing peaceful Muslim worship. During the annual Kanwar Yatra pilgrimage, millions of devotees occupy main expressways and block traffic for weeks. State officials spend massive public funds, deploy thousands of police, and drop flower petals from helicopters on participants. Authorities ignore severe highway closures and noise violations caused by these massive rallies.

Rising Violence And Property Destruction Ignored By State Authorities

Participants in majoritarian rallies regularly participate in public violence, vehicle destruction, and physical assaults. During recent pilgrimages, violent groups damaged police vehicles, attacked public buses, and assaulted citizens on highways. Over twenty severe violent clashes were documented across the state during recent rallies. Despite widespread vandalism and chaos, state police rarely register criminal cases or take strict legal action against majority group members.

Criminalizing Minority Politicians To Intimidate Muslim Voters

Charging senior Samajwadi Party leaders like Haji Mohammad Usman sends a direct threat to all religious minorities. State agencies use criminal laws to create fear among Muslim political representatives and ordinary citizens. Peaceful religious acts are labeled as criminal offenses to push minorities out of public life. This selective targeting degrades democratic freedoms and removes equal protection guaranteed under the law.

State Institutions Destroying Rule Of Law Through Double Standards

Law enforcement in Uttar Pradesh now operates on clear religious bias rather than legal facts. A peaceful individual prayer triggers instant police charges, while large scale road blockades and highway violence are protected by state power. International rights bodies continue to report severe state bias, arbitrary property demolitions, and unfair arrests targeting Muslims. The complete destruction of neutral policing threatens state peace and turns public administration into a weapon of religious suppression.