Irfan Solanki
| Haji Irfan Solanki हाजी इरफान सोलंकी |
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| M. L. A., Uttar Pradesh | |
| Constituency | Sisamau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 June 1979 Ajmer (Rajasthan) |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse(s) | Naseem Solanki |
| Children | One Son, One Daughter |
| Education | Intermediate |
Haji Irfan Solanki is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh, affiliated to the Samajwadi Party. He is the member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Sisamau. He and his group of musclemen are frequently associated with political hooliganism or "goonda-raj".
In June 2011, Solanki along with 20 others, forced his way into the office of woman IAS officer Ritu Maheshwari. He was arrested after a complaint was filed for misbehaving with her, and this led to his supporters clashing with the police in Kanpur. He later apologized.
In May 2012, he was travelling in a car with tinted glass windows in the front, which is illegal under a Supreme Court ruling. When stopped by the traffic police in Faridabad, his hoodlums attempted to beat up the police. At the time, the incident was called "major embarrassment to UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who had promised to end the hooliganism" associated with Samajwadi Party rule.
He is convicted by session court for desecration of tricolour flag (tiranga jhanda) in tricolour cake cutting case (2011).
On Feb 28 2014, Solanki and his gunner severely assaulted some junior doctors in Kanpur after a minor traffic accident near GSVM Medical College and the associated Hallett Hospital in Kanpur. Since it was near their hostel, a large group of students came out, and Solanki fled to a nearby police station. His car was damaged by the students. Subsequently, more than a hundred Samajwadi Party musclemen or goondas (maintained by political parties for instigating violence) entered the hostel and started beating up students and professors. A large team of policemen led by SSP Yashashvi Yadav entered the campus without attempting to seek permission - apparently they manhandled principal Dr. Navneet Kumar by his collar. The police beat up the students severely, and arrested 24 junior doctors and none of Solanki's men. Several students have multiple fractures, at least one has a life-threatening pelvic fracture, and some may become handicapped for life. The following morning, "shattered laptops, damaged medical books, broken chairs and tables and shattered mirrors" pointed to "the terror unleashed by the cops."
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