[Marxistindia] Prosecute and chargesheet Nageswar Rao - Brinda Karat's letter to Amit Shah and police officials

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July 29, 2020
Press Release
 
Prosecute and Chargesheet Nageswar Rao, Director General of Fire Services,
Home Guards and Civil Defence
 
Smt. Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of CPI(M), has written a letter to
Shri Amit Shah, Union Home Minister and also to the relevant police
officials in Delhi which we are releasing for publication.
 
 
 
(For CPI(M) Central Committee office)
 
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July 28, 2020
 
Letter to Amit Shah
 
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah ji,
 
I would like to draw your attention to the public statement made by Shri
Nageswar Rao, an IPS cadre now serving as Director General of Fire Services,
Home Guards and Civil Defence under your Ministry.
 
He is a serving officer bound by service rules and conditions. One of these
conditions is that no Government officer can make politically motivated
public statements. Secondly, each officer is duty bound to protect and
defend the Constitution of India.
 
However the above named person in his public statement on Twitter reported
in The Indian Express, dated July 27th (copy enclosed) has made the most
outrageous politically motivated statements which also go against the spirit
of the Constitution. 
 
He has insulted heroic freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and other
notable educationists belonging mainly to the Muslim community using
derogatory language against them and inciting feelings of enmity between two
communities. He has openly praised the RSS and BJP for the "rehinduisation
of India". He has approvingly commented on the "growth of the BJP". He has
made demeaning comments against "leftists". 
 
An individual is entitled to his views according to the constitutional
guarantee of freedom of expression. But as a serving officer, Nageswar Rao
has violated service rules. He is also guilty of offences under Sec 153A and
295A of the IPC. 
 
This is not the first time he has so violated service rules or incited
communal feelings. On somewhat similar grounds when he was a serving officer
in the Berhampur Development Authority in Odisha in the late nineties, he
made some toxic communal statements. Two official inquiries found him guilty
and indicted him and took disciplinary measures. So he is a habitual
offender with a bad record. 
 
His comments may make him eligible for induction into the BJP or RSS after
his scheduled retirement reportedly on July 31st. However he has made these
statements as a serving officer. He therefore must be chargesheeted for
violation of service rules and also prosecuted under the relevant sections
of the IPC. I hope you will take the required action so that officers who
serve the country, remaining politically neutral and within the
constitutional framework, will get confidence that those like Nageswar Rao
who violate service rules as well as the spirit of the Constitution with a
political motive will face punishment according to the law.
 
Since the Delhi police is under your jurisdiction I would also like to
inform you that I have filed a complaint against him asking for the
registration of an FIR under Sec 153A and 295A. I request you to expedite
the process for his prosecution.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Sd/-
(Brinda Karat)
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Letter to SHO
 
This is a complaint against a statement made on Twitter by Shri Nageswar
Rao, Director General of Fire Services,  Home Guards and Civil Defence
reported in The Indian Express dated July 27th, 2020. 
 
In the said statement made by the above named person put out in the public
domain he has made the most outrageous charges  against heroic freedom
fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and other noted historians, all belonging to
the Muslim community of "deracination of Hindus," "of whitewashing of bloody
Islamic invasions/rule." He has referred to "rehinduised Hindu society" and
so on. His words, language, tenor and intention is to cause enmity and
hostility between communities and to incite feelings of hatred against
Muslims. His words are totally against the spirit of the Constitution and
law.  His words amount to a criminal offence under Sec 153 A  and Sec 295
(A) of the IPC . He has also referred to "left" historians in the most
derogatory terms.
 
I request you to file an FIR on the basis of my complaint. I enclose the
copy of The Indian Express report.
 
I would like to mention that in recent times it has been seen that the Delhi
police has been quite active in using Sec 153A and Sec 295A on the basis of
complaints, I may add, wrongly and in a selective manner. I hope you will
register an FIR without any delay. Kindly provide me a copy of the FIR.
 
Since my address is under the police jurisdiction of Mandir Marg thana, I am
addressing this letter to you. I am also sending a copy to the DCP, New
Delhi and the Commissioner of Police.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Sd/-
(Brinda Karat)
Copy to: 
1)     The Commissioner of Police, Delhi
2)     DCP, New Delhi
 
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