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Humayun's son speaks out following his father's arrest
- •Am Janata Unnayan Party chief Humayun Kabir was arrested on the day of the Rejinagar by-election for allegedly attempting to influence voters.
- •He faced serious allegations of threatening, scuffling, and hurling abuses at the police since the morning.
- •Ghulam Nabi Azad, Humayun Kabir's son and the AJUP candidate for Rejinagar, strongly reacted to his father's detention.
- •Azad claimed that the police were preventing people from voting and stated that it was the murder of democracy.
- •Police arrested Kabir for violating Section 163 of the BNSS by gathering crowds in multiple areas where he was not a candidate.
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Humayun Kabir was detained and subsequently arrested by the Rejinagar police after he was accused of attempting to influence voters, gathering crowds in multiple areas where Section 163 was in force, and threatening, scuffling, and hurling abuses at the police.
Ghulam Nabi Azad stated that he did not know why his father was detained and accused the police of not allowing voting in most booths, telling the public that voting was already over, and preventing voters from casting their ballots. He described these actions as the murder of democracy.
The police stated that Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was in force in the area, and Humayun Kabir was accused of violating the law by gathering with several individuals in multiple locations.
