Six booked for threatening Nida Khan for not quitting BJP

Lucknow: Police on Thursday booked six people after anti-triple talaq activist Nida Khan accused them of threatening her with death if she did not quit the BJP. Those booked include her husband Sheeran Raza Khan, who had ‘divorced’ her through instant triple talaq, and other family members. “I had gone to attend a marriage function of a relative on March 26 in Bareilly where my in-laws and some other relatives asked me to leave the BJP. They also threatened me and my family,” Nida told PTI on Thursday. The 27-year-old activist campaigned for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently-held Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. She is a member of the party’s minority cell. Nida came to the spotlight after she filed a complaint of domestic violence and dowry against her husband and his family members. She had alleged that her husband, who comes from an influential religious family of Bareilly, gave her instant triple talaq. She has been living with her parents since then and the cases are under trial in courts in Bareilly. According to police, all the six accused have been booked under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily casing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) along with relevant sections of the IT act. An FIR was registered after a Muslim man was allegedly threatened by people of his village with death for supporting the BJP, police said on Thursday. Shahrukh Saifi of Laxmipur village claimed that he received threats from villagers after he voted for the BJP in the recent Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, they said. He also said that many abusive messages were posted on his Facebook page. “We registered a case on Wednesday following the complaint by Saifi and the matter is being investigated,” Superintendent of Police (Rural) Siddharth Verma said. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.