The Uttar Pradesh police have registered a case against a journalist and two others for allegedly falsely accusing the secretary of the Ram Temple Trust of grabbing land in Bijnor district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An FIR listing a staggering 18 charges against Journalist Vineet Narain, and two others Alka Lahoti and Rajnish have been filed based on a complaint by a brother of Champat Rai, a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and secretary of the Ram Temple Trust, who is facing questions over controversial land deals in Ayodhya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a Facebook post put up three days ago, Vineet Narain accused Champat Rai of helping his brothers grab land in their hometown in Bijnor. He claimed that his brothers grabbed 20,000 square meters of land that belonged to a woman named Alka Lahoti, a non-resident Indian. The post also said that Alka Lahoti, who is also one of the accused, has been trying to get the encroachers evicted since 2018 and appealed to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to take appropriate actions in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Based on a prima facie inquiry into the land allegations, Bijnor police has already given Champat Rai and his brothers a clean chit, however, the investigations continue. The police have accused three of them of conspiring to make false allegations against the VHP leader in the process hurting the sentiments of crores of Hindus across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bijnor police chief Dharm Vir Singh said the local police are investigating. Champat Rai is a senior leader of the VHP and a member of the Ram Temple Trust and the accusations against him by the accused are baseless and prima facie the accusations against his relatives are baseless too. We are ascertaining all the facts, he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n