Haji Irfan Solanki (born 5 June 1979) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh, affiliated with the Samajwadi Party.
[5][6] At the time, the incident was called "major embarrassment to UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who had promised to end the hooliganism" associated with the Samajwadi Party.
[11][14] A large team of policemen led by SSP Yashashvi Yadav entered the campus without attempting to seek permission and allegedly manhandled principal Dr. Navneet Kumar by his collar.
"[19] The violence caused widespread anger in the medical community, and thousands[20] of doctors across the state decided to strike, protesting the "high handedness" of the government.
[24] Intensifying the crisis, three hundred medical faculty resigned from their posts, seeking the release of 24 student doctors.
[25] The Indian Medical Association protested the "barbaric" police action and threatened a country-wide strike on 5 March.
[27][28] Eventually, the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav met a delegation of doctors and appealed for calm, but no resolution could be reached since Solanki had not been arrested.
[30] On 3 March, the 24 arrested students refused to appeal for bail until action was taken against the police SSP Yashashvi Yadav.
[34] The prestigious Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow was closed since 4 March, and all 800 beds were vacated.
[38] Five days into the conflict, the Indian Medical Association gave a deadline of 48 hours to the government for arresting Solanki and resolving the matter.
The victim, a widow named Nazir Fatima, accused Solanki and his brother of setting her house on fire to encroach on her land.