Mastermind Of The Ruckus In Kanpur, Hayat Zafar Hashmi Arrested

Mastermind of the ruckus in Kanpur Hayat Zafar Hashmi arrested: Kanpur Violence Latest.

Hayat Zafar Hashmi, the mastermind of the ruckus in Kanpur, is the president of the MMA Johar Fans Association.

The police have arrested Hayat Zafar Hashmi, who is being told the mastermind of the ruckus after the Friday prayers on the new road in the parade.

He had absconded after the ruckus and the police were looking for him. It is being told that he was hiding somewhere outside Kanpur, from where the STF has arrested him.

However, Kanpur Commissionerate officials are yet to confirm his arrest.

Hayat Zafar Hashmi Maulana Mohammad Ali (MMA) of Kanpur is the President of the Jauhar Fans Association and his name has come up in the past for trying to spoil the atmosphere.

His name came to the fore after the riots that took place in the city over the years.

Even before the ruckus in Kanpur, he had made preparations to connect the people. He had fled after the ruckus after Friday prayers and the police were on the lookout for him.

A few years ago, he had sent his mother and sister to the DM’s office to vacate the house, where the mother and daughter put kerosene and set it on fire.

Both were brought to LLR Hospital in critical condition.

Mother and daughter died during treatment. Hayat Zafar Hashmi runs a ration quota shop at home and is active on the social platforms of internet media.

In the past years, his role in the uproar in Kanpur regarding NRC and CAA also came to the fore.

On October 21, he took out a procession from Moolganj to Phulbagh via Meston Road, Shivala Bazar, and Ramnarayan Bazar, in which a case was also registered against him.