FIRs filed against Yati Narsinghanand in three states for alleged anti-Muslim hate speech
At least 21 police personnel were injured on Friday night in Maharashtra’s Amravati in mob violence triggered by the Hindutva leader’s comments.
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First information reports have been filed against Hindutva supremacist Yati Narsinghanand Giri in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana for alleged hate speech targeting Muslims.
Narasinghanand, who is the priest of the Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, reportedly made a derogatory comment about Prophet Muhammad during a sermon on September 29.
After a video of the sermon began circulating online, Muslims groups protested in several cities across Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra and Telangana.
The FIRs accuse Narsinghanand of promoting enmity between groups, outraging religious feelings, intentionally uttering words to wound the religious sentiments of another person and “actions that harm national integration”.
On Sunday, Narsinghanand was booked by the Thane Police on a complaint by the Social Democratic Party of India, reported The Indian Express.
This came a day after the Hyderabad Police filed an FIR against Narsinghanand, according to India Today. The FIR was lodged on a complaint by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi.
Narsinghanand was booked under sections of the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
In Uttar Pradesh, an FIR was lodged against him on Friday at Ghaziabad’s Sihani Gate police station, an officer there confirmed to Scroll.
In Maharashtra’s Amravati, at least 21 police personnel were injured on Friday night in mob violence triggered by Narsinghanand’s comment, reported PTI. The...
