Controversial saint Yeti Narasimhananda, an Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha functionary and her husband have been booked by the police for making provocative statements in opposition to a specific neighborhood, a police official stated on Monday.
Hindu Mahasabha nationwide normal secretary Pooja Shakun Pandey and her husband Ashok Pandey, the top priest of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, allegedly made provocative statements throughout a non secular program organized within the metropolis on Sunday evening.
Superintendent of Police (City) Kuldeep Singh Gunawat informed reporters that this system was organized with out prior permission.
A video clip that has gone viral on social media reveals Narasimhananda purportedly utilizing derogatory language in opposition to the Quran and making provocative remarks in opposition to Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and madrassas. They are seen and heard demanding that such establishments ought to be “demolished”.
Several Muslim youth leaders, together with former AMU college students’ union leaders, accused the trio of intentionally attempting to incite communal violence and demanded their fast arrest.
Gunawat stated that he was charged below sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts meant to outrage spiritual emotions of any class by insult to his faith or spiritual beliefs), 298 (talking phrases, and many others.) has been registered. ., with intentional intention to outrage spiritual emotions), sections 505(2) (inflicting or selling enmity, hatred or ill-will between lessons) and 506 (punishment for legal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
Narasimhananda has additionally been concerned in hate speech circumstances previously. An FIR was registered in opposition to him in Haridwar for making extremely inflammatory speeches in opposition to Muslims on the Parliament of Religions held within the holy metropolis from December 17 to December 19 final yr. At an occasion in Delhi, he had reportedly known as upon Hindus to take up arms to battle for his or her existence.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
