Kerala: FIR filed against RSS member for saying he ‘would have shot’ Jantar Mantar protesters

The Kerala Police have registerd a first information report against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member TG Mohandas for saying that he “would have shot” protesters in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar if he had been in charge of law and order, The Hindu reported on Wednesday.

On Monday, the state government had ordered a police investigation into the remarks.

The case was filed by the Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to provocation with intent to cause a riot and statements conducing to public mischief, and under provisions of the Information Technology Act and Kerala Police Act.

On Sunday, Mohandas had said in a YouTube video that if he had been tasked with handling the demonstrations, he would have imposed a curfew in the Jantar Mantar area, which is a designated protest site. The RSS member said he would then make three announcements for the crowd to disperse.

“After that, I will shoot,” he was quoted as saying by The Hindu. “People will scatter away and run for their lives. Some may die, some may suffer disabilities. Within four hours, the situation will be calm. Then I will collect the bodies and take them to hospitals.”

The video was posted on his YouTube channel Pathrika a day after Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as the Union education...

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