Jharkhand: Richa Bharti's family alleges threats by local muslims, harassment by state police
Op IndiaRicha Bharti, the young girl from Ranchi who was ordered by a court to distribute copies of Quran last year, has been facing harassment Islamists and the Jharkhand state administration. Richa Bharti’s father, Prakash Patel, humbly asked the police officials if they could furnish papers or order that authorised them to seize his daughter’s mobile phone but the police failed in showing anything. With no search warrant, the police barged into Richa Bharti’s house and started examining the mobile phones of other family members. A day after the latest mobile phone seizure incident, Richa’s father, who had gone to the police station to submit an application was tormented by the station in-charge. Application submitted by Richa Bharti to the police regarding her multiple fake accounts on Facebook and Twitter Richa’s father Prakash Patel narrated the harrowing tale of his harassment by the police officers.