Hyderabad, Oct 5: The Hyderabad Police on Saturday registered an FIR in opposition to Yati Narsinghanand, head priest of a temple in Uttar Pradesh, following a grievance lodged by the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM over his alleged derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The FIR was booked by the Cyber Crime police station of the town police beneath related provisions of the IT Act and BNS.
Owaisi posted a duplicate of the grievance and FIR on the social media platform ‘X’.
Earlier within the day, Owaisi, accompanied by his social gathering leaders, lodged a grievance right here looking for the arrest of Yati Narsinghanand.
Whereas protests had been held within the previous metropolis space right here in opposition to the Hindutva chief, Owaisi referred to as on police commissioner C V Anand and later instructed reporters that AIMIM’s plaint had been forwarded to cyber cell for motion.
The town police chief has additionally apprised him that social media platforms would learn, as per process, on removing of objectionable remarks.
Owaisi stated Yati Narsinghanand was earlier jailed in reference to a hate speech and considered one of his bail situations was that he shouldn’t make comparable feedback. Therefore, AIMIM calls for that Yati Narsinghanand’s bail be cancelled.
The AIMIM talked about a few of the feedback allegedly made by Yati Narsinghanand in its police grievance and stated such remarks, prima facie, quantities to hate speech.
Owaisi, additionally the Hyderabad MP, cited a Supreme Court docket judgment and stated that suo motu motion must be taken each time somebody makes a hate speech.
Moreover, the grievance sought motion beneath the provisions of Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act and alleged that it has turn out to be widespread follow for folks like Narsinghanand to make false and frivolous statements focusing on Islam.
It stated a TV journalist, Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh and BJP’s then spokesperson Nupur Sharma had made comparable feedback in opposition to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The MP appealed to the folks to stay calm. On the identical subject, just a few activists have additionally most well-liked police complaints.
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