{"id":78338,"date":"2020-10-20T20:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=78338"},"modified":"2020-10-22T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T09:09:42","slug":"bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Bihar polls: BJP, News18 falsely claim CPI-ML&#8217;s Aaftab Alam was arrested in 2013 Patna blast case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bihar police on October 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/grand-alliance-candidate-aaftab-alam-arrested-during-nomination\/story-89wzQlkeMyvULNuZXQX0rL.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a> Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) candidate from CPI-ML Aaftab Alam while he was filing his nomination papers to contest the upcoming state polls from Aurai constituency in Muzaffarpur. BJP Bihar claimed that Alam was accused of bombing Prime Minister Modi&#8217;s election rally in Patna. Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/serial-blasts-rock-modis-rally-venue-in-patna-five-killed\/article5277899.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">series of bomb blasts<\/a> had injured over 80 and killed six persons on October 27, 2013 hours before then Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was to address a rally in Gandhi Maidan, Patna.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjp4bihar\/posts\/2805381136372666\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjp4bihar\/posts\/2805381136372666\"><p>\u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0930\u094b\u092a\u0940,<br \/>\n\u092d\u0917\u094b\u0921\u093c\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u0924\u094d\u0928\u0940,<br \/>\n\u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u093e \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d\u0925\u0915,<br \/>\n\u0938\u092c\u0915\u094b \u091f\u093f\u0915\u091f \u0926\u093f\u090f,<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u092c \u0924\u094b \u092a\u0940\u090f\u092e \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u092e \u0927\u092e\u093e\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0930\u094b\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u092d\u0940 &#8216;\u092e\u093e\u0932\u0947&#8217; \u0938\u0947 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0926\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u092c\u0928\u093e \u0926\u093f\u090f \u0939\u094b\u0964<\/p>\n<p>Tejashwi Yadav \u092c\u093e\u092c\u0942<\/p>\n<p>#\u0908_\u0915\u093e_\u0915\u093f\u090f_\u0939\u094b ?<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjp4bihar\/\">BJP Bihar<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjp4bihar\/posts\/2805381136372666\">Sunday, 18 October 2020<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>News18 Bihar also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/xG7xW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that Alam was accused of bombing PM Modi&#8217;s rally. &#8220;NIA had arrested Aaftab Alam from Muzaffarpur in a case pertaining to a series of bomb blasts that took place in Narendra Modi&#8217;s rally in Patna. He is currently out on bail,&#8221; wrote the outlet, later <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/news\/bihar\/muzaffarpur-bihar-elections-mahagathbandhan-candidate-aftab-alam-releases-from-jail-on-bail-jhnj-3302030.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">updating its report<\/a> without citing any reasons for the change.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78348 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/f042999c-db26-481f-bae3-3ad42a9940ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/f042999c-db26-481f-bae3-3ad42a9940ce.jpg 1072w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/f042999c-db26-481f-bae3-3ad42a9940ce-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/f042999c-db26-481f-bae3-3ad42a9940ce-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/f042999c-db26-481f-bae3-3ad42a9940ce-768x572.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>National spokesperson of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Vinod Bansal tweeted, &#8220;While Aaftab Alam who blasted Modi ji&#8217;s Patna rally has been given a Congress ticket from Aurai, Maskoor Usmani, the anti-national who hanged Jinnah&#8217;s portrait is contesting on Congress&#8217;s ticket from Darbhanga. The party has further strengthened its 70 years of commitment to jihadists and terrorists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u092a\u091f\u0928\u093e \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0915\u0940 \u0906\u092b\u0924\u093e\u092c \u0906\u0932\u092e \u0915\u094b \u0914\u0930\u093e\u0908 \u0938\u0947 \u0924\u094b \u091c\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0928\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u0926\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0939\u0940 \u092e\u0936\u0915\u0942\u0930 \u0909\u0938\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0926\u0930\u092d\u0902\u0917\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u091c\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0938 \u0915\u0940 \u091f\u093f\u0915\u091f\u0964 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0938\u0947 70 \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0937\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u091c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0935 \u0906\u0924\u0902\u0935\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u092c\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0924\u093e \u0915\u094b \u0914\u0930 \u092e\u091c\u092c\u0942\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0935\u093f\u0928\u094b\u0926 \u092c\u0902\u0938\u0932 (@vinod_bansal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vinod_bansal\/status\/1317711250361511941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several others who promoted the claim were Hindu Yuva Vahini member <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YogiDevnath2\/status\/1317859976317030400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yogi Devnath<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ippatel\/status\/1317682701541912581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prashant Patel Umrao<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficeOfDGP\/status\/1317845500754677760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gaurav Pradhan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pushpendrakulss\/status\/1317862622281179138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Pushpendrakulss<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAbhishek_IND\/status\/1317789650010787846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abhishek Kumar Khushwaha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-78338 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case\/98b3a50d-adbe-4710-8050-d049953dcdd6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/98b3a50d-adbe-4710-8050-d049953dcdd6.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/98b3a50d-adbe-4710-8050-d049953dcdd6.png 588w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/98b3a50d-adbe-4710-8050-d049953dcdd6-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case\/2e4fe90b-95fe-4051-90ed-3c27e322f538\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2e4fe90b-95fe-4051-90ed-3c27e322f538.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2e4fe90b-95fe-4051-90ed-3c27e322f538.png 291w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/2e4fe90b-95fe-4051-90ed-3c27e322f538-170x300.png 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case\/85b3b976-0c6c-4ee1-bfe0-7cb09bb16e02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/85b3b976-0c6c-4ee1-bfe0-7cb09bb16e02.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/85b3b976-0c6c-4ee1-bfe0-7cb09bb16e02.png 588w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/85b3b976-0c6c-4ee1-bfe0-7cb09bb16e02-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case\/39834f1e-3237-4e42-805e-4a4da5288259\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/39834f1e-3237-4e42-805e-4a4da5288259.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/39834f1e-3237-4e42-805e-4a4da5288259.png 586w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/39834f1e-3237-4e42-805e-4a4da5288259-300x154.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case\/3bfaa65b-ee1e-4317-a1f1-c0f7ea71aa8c\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/3bfaa65b-ee1e-4317-a1f1-c0f7ea71aa8c.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/3bfaa65b-ee1e-4317-a1f1-c0f7ea71aa8c.png 299w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/3bfaa65b-ee1e-4317-a1f1-c0f7ea71aa8c-175x300.png 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Facebook page &#8216;The Chaupal&#8217; also <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201020112640\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheChaupalCom\/posts\/1014615235697499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published a report<\/a> claiming Alam was arrested for his involvement in the Patna blast case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheChaupalCom\/posts\/1014615235697499\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheChaupalCom\/posts\/1014615235697499\"><p>\u092a\u0940\u090f\u092e \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u0948\u0932\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u0940\u0930\u0940\u091c \u092c\u094d\u0932\u093e\u0938\u094d\u091f \u0915\u0930\u0928\u0947 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0947 \u092e\u0939\u093e\u0917\u0920\u092c\u0902\u0927\u0928 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0940\u0926\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u092b\u0924\u093e\u092c \u0906\u0932\u092e \u0915\u094b \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0928\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u093f\u0930\u092b\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheChaupalCom\/\">The Chaupal<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheChaupalCom\/posts\/1014615235697499\">Sunday, 18 October 2020<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Fact-check<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News had debunked the false claim about Congress candidate Maskoor Usmani in an earlier report. Usmani did not hang Pakistan&#8217;s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah&#8217;s portrait at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The portrait has been inside the campus since 1938. Our detailed fact-check report can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/aaj-tak-falselt-claims-congress-candidate-maskoor-usmani-hung-jinnahs-portrait-at-amu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The claim about Aaftab Alam accused in the 2013 Patna blast case is also false.<\/p>\n<p>Alam was indeed arrested on October 15 however, for an old case related to obstruction of government work. An FIR was lodged against him at Katra police station, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/elections\/bihar-assembly-elections\/story\/bihar-election-grand-alliance-candidate-aftab-alam-arrested-after-nomination-tstb-1146050-2020-10-15?utm_source=rssfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaj Tak<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aaftab was arrested by the police as soon as he stepped out after filing his nomination papers. CPI-ML workers protested against his arrest but the cops did not pay heed and took Aaftab to present him in court,&#8221; said the report. &#8220;The police said that a complaint was filed against Aaftab Alam on August 20, 2020 at Katra police station for obstructing a government servant from carrying his duties,&#8221; added the report. Navbharat Times carried a <a href=\"https:\/\/navbharattimes.indiatimes.com\/elections\/assembly-elections\/bihar\/news\/bihar-election-2020-mahagathbandhan-candidate-aftab-alam-arrested-after-nomination\/videoshow\/78689962.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">similar article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A non-bailable warrant was issued against the grand alliance candidate. Alam said that he was arrested for staging a protest against the murder of Katra resident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaskar.com\/local\/bihar\/patna\/news\/aurais-male-candidate-arrested-rlsp-leader-went-to-ljp-for-ticket-today-is-the-last-day-to-fill-the-form-127818541.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dilip Rai<\/a>. &#8220;This is vendetta and a political conspiracy,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/elections\/assembly-elections\/bihar\/bihar-elections-2020-mahagathbandhan-candidate-arrested-during-nomination\/articleshow\/78685275.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On August 27, Dilip Rai was found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livehindustan.com\/bihar\/muzaffarpur\/story-trader-39-s-body-found-hanging-from-tree-in-katra-of-muzaffarpur-3448579.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hanging from a tree<\/a> in Singwari, Katra. Rai was a <em>khaini <\/em>(tobacco) trader. The police said that the youth was murdered and subsequently hanged. The incident angered villagers who accused the police of failing to catch murder culprits in several past cases. Alam had staged a protest to demand the arrest of the perpetrators. He had also posted about the protest on August 27. &#8220;We will not hand over the dead body unless the SP arrives. It is the public&#8217;s demand that the SHO is dismissed&#8230;Such incidents regularly happen and the police leave after filling panchnama,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aftabalamIM\/posts\/696135101115157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78370 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/bda96b35-e573-4b55-9034-1a7afc1e19b3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/bda96b35-e573-4b55-9034-1a7afc1e19b3.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/bda96b35-e573-4b55-9034-1a7afc1e19b3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alam was subsequently booked under IPC sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 186 (obstructs any public servant in the discharge of his public functions), 188 (punishment for disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant), 353 (assault or criminal force used to deter public servant from discharging his duty), 504 (provocation to break public peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention). Alam was also booked under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.<\/p>\n<p>Katra police confirmed Alam&#8217;s arrest details with Alt News. The relevant portions of the FIR have been attached below.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-78338 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case\/download-25-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/download-25.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/download-25.png 829w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/download-25-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/download-25-768x183.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bihar-polls-bjp-news18-falsely-claim-cpi-mls-aaftab-alam-was-arrested-in-2013-patna-blast-case\/c5517581-3fad-4ec7-90f4-6f82ff312a4f\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"569\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/c5517581-3fad-4ec7-90f4-6f82ff312a4f.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/c5517581-3fad-4ec7-90f4-6f82ff312a4f.jpg 569w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/c5517581-3fad-4ec7-90f4-6f82ff312a4f-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CPI-ML filed a complaint with Facebook public policy manager Vijaya Moorthy on the misinformation circulated by News18 Bihar and The Chaupal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are writing to report against malicious and fake news being spread against our party and our candidate from Aurai constituency for Bihar Election 2020, Comrade Aftab Alam by certain political and media organisations on their official Facebook page&#8230;Please find attached the copy of Aftab Alam&#8217;s election nomination document (which includes the mention of criminal cases against a candidate, if any) and it is clearly declared that the only case against Comrade Aftab Alam (see page 10 of Nomination form) is FIR 192\/2020 at Kathra PS registered in 2020 in connection with a protest,&#8221; reads the complaint.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78355 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/6ae2e893-7822-48de-a5c2-dcaddc5043d4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/6ae2e893-7822-48de-a5c2-dcaddc5043d4.png 568w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/6ae2e893-7822-48de-a5c2-dcaddc5043d4-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who were the accused in the Patna blast case?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Investigation Agency (NIA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.gov.in\/writereaddata\/Portal\/CasesPdfDoc\/RC-11-2013-NIA-DLI-1-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chargesheet<\/a> named 10 people accused of carrying out a series of bomb blasts at then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi&#8217;s Patna rally in 2013. Aaftab Alam&#8217;s name does not feature on the list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78352 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/nia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/nia.jpg 772w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/nia-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/10\/nia-768x863.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigations revealed that Imtiyaz along with others had planted the bombs at the Patna railway station and Gandhi Maidan, where the Hunkar rally of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was being organised. Imtiyaz was associated with the Students Islamic Movement of India and also had very close links with the members of Indian Mujahideen,\u201d said an NIA release, reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/patna-blast-case-nia-files-charge-sheet\/article5944703.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hindu<\/a> in an August 24, 2014 report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/politics-and-nation\/patna-blasts-accused-feared-pm-narendra-modi-would-be-inimical-to-muslim-interests-nia\/articleshow\/40723840.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Economic Times<\/a> had reported on August 23, 2014, &#8220;The NIA charge-sheet says the ten accused in this case also believed that Modi was responsible for the 2002 riots in Gujarat and held BJP responsible for the riots in Muzzafaranagar that had taken place just a month before Modi&#8217;s rally in Patna was targeted by the said terrorists in Patna.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BJP Bihar and News18, therefore, falsely claimed that grand alliance candidate from CPI-ML Aaftab Alam is one of the accused in the 2013 Patna bomb blast case. An FIR was registered against Alam in August 2020 after he staged a protest against the murder of a Katra youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bihar police on October 15 arrested Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) candidate from CPI-ML Aaftab Alam while he was filing his nomination papers to contest the upcoming state polls from Aurai constituency in Muzaffarpur. BJP Bihar claimed that Alam was accused of bombing Prime Minister Modi&#8217;s election rally in Patna. 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