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SHAMLI: Claiming an contiguous menace to his beingness from Uttar Pradesh police, gangster Haji Firoz Khan chained himself wrong his home, rigged a noose and installed CCTV cameras astatine aggregate corners connected Saturday, and posted unrecorded videos each fractional hour.Calling it “mere theatrics”, constabulary said Khan has been posting specified “updates” connected his societal media relationship since Wednesday to affirm his well-being amid intermittent warnings that immoderate effort to apprehension him would pb to his “suicide”.The bizarre occurrence unfolded astatine Jhinjhana municipality successful Shamli territory aft constabulary seized 14 properties worthy Rs 30 crore belonging to Khan nether conception 14 (1) of the Gangsters Act connected Dec 25 past twelvemonth arsenic helium was listed arsenic absconding successful constabulary records.
However, successful 1 video clip, Khan — successful his precocious 50s — claimed a tribunal had stayed his apprehension and nary constabulary enactment should beryllium taken against him.SP (Shamli) NP Singh told TOI : “Firoz Khan is utilizing online videos to obstruct constabulary and administrative work. He has been issuing transgression threats against the authoritative proceedings by nationalist servants and levelling false, baseless allegations against constabulary and administrative officials portion threatening suicide.”
The SP added Khan had earlier maintained his ain societal media cell, done which helium was present making unsubstantiated accusations, but ineligible enactment against the gangster volition proceed contempt his “online stunts”. Khan has 22 cases, including those of rape and murder, against his sanction crossed the region, Singhsaid.In 1 of the clips, Khan could purportedly beryllium seen showing the noose tied from a ceiling fan, portion claiming “he has imposed precautionary location apprehension upon himself arsenic cops mean to destruct him successful an encounter”.Police said keeping successful presumption the societal media stunt, a lawsuit was filed against Khan, his niece and different accusedunder BNS sections i9ncluding 218 (resistance to lawful taking of property), 226 (threat of wounded to nationalist servant).
