Immediately after strolling out of the Haridwar district jail on Thursday, Narsinghanand proceeded to Sarvanand ghat to renew his starvation strike demanding the discharge of co-accused within the case, Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, previously often called Waseem Rizvi.
Narsinghanand’s launch follows bail granted to him on Tuesday by a neighborhood courtroom in a case slapped on him beneath part 509 of the Indian Penal Code for making objectionable remarks towards girls and abusing a journalist.
Though granted bail within the Dharma Sansad case on February 7, Narsinghanand was nonetheless in jail as a result of different circumstances wherein the identical courtroom granted him bail on Tuesday.
The Hindutva chief had organized a conclave in Haridwar in December final yr the place a number of audio system delivered hate speeches towards Muslims.
Talking to reporters after popping out of jail, Narsinghanand mentioned his launch with out that of Tyagi didn’t imply something and he was going to renew his starvation strike on the Sarvanand ghat in Haridwar.
He mentioned the protest will proceed until Tyagi is launched.
Tyagi’s bail software will probably be heard by the Uttarakhand High Court on February 21.
Rizvi, a former Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board chairman, had adopted the title of Jitendra Narayan Tyagi after changing to Hinduism.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
