Conspiracy case lodged against Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi
Wasim Rizvi is the former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board who converted to Hinduism in December last year.
Lucknow: An FIR has been filed against 8 persons including Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi who accused a Muslim cleric of molesting minor.
8 persons against whom a conspiracy case has been lodged had accused Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad of molesting a minor girl in 2016.
Conspiracy case against the eight accused has been filed by a woman who alleged that Wasim Rizvi had pressurized her father Naushad Ali to make allegation against Maulana Kalbe Jawad that he sexually exploited her younger sister, India Today reported.
In 2016, An FIR had been registered against Kalbe Jawad after Wasim Rizvi had alleged that the woman’s younger sister was sexually exploited. According to the complaint, an edited video was circulated online.
After the woman lodged a complaint at Saadatganj police station in Lucknow, an FIR was filed and Wasim Rizvi and seven others are booked under sections 500, 506, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the IT Act.
Wasim Rizvi is the former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board who converted to Hinduism in December last year. After accepting Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma), he took a new name, Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi.
