Yeti Narasimhanand was arrested in reference to some objectionable remarks made on January 4, however when he was produced in a courtroom, the FIR registered in opposition to him in final month’s Haridwar Dharma Sansad case additionally adopted, police stated on Sunday. Mention was made, the police stated on Sunday.
The controversial priest of Dasna temple in Ghaziabad, who was the primary organizer of the gathering from December 17-19, by which incendiary speeches in opposition to Muslims, was arrested in Haridwar late Saturday night.
Yeti Narasimhanand, who can also be the Mahamandaleshwar of Juna Akhara, was on a quick two days in the past to protest the arrest of Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi within the Haridwar hate speech case.
“An FIR was recently registered against Yeti Narasimhanand on a complaint by Ruchika that she had made objectionable remarks against women of a particular community. The complainant alleged that in some social media posts, Narasimhanand is seen making these derogatory remarks while interacting with the media on January 4. Saturday’s arrest was mainly in connection with that FIR. However, when we produced him in the court on Sunday, we showed his arrest in the objectionable remark case as well as in the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case,” Haridwar City Circle Officer (CO) Shekhar Suyal advised The Indian Express.
Suyal stated that on Saturday, on the criticism of a journalist, one other FIR has been registered in opposition to Narasimhanand and a few unidentified individuals. “The journalist asked some tough questions to Narasimhanand, after which an altercation ensued and the journalist was allegedly assaulted,” he stated.
Haridwar Kotwali police station SHO Rakendra Kathait stated that on the criticism of Ruchika, sections 295A (deliberate and malicious acts meant to outrage spiritual emotions of any class by insulting its faith or spiritual beliefs) and 509 (phrases, gestures or beliefs). An FIR has been registered beneath Intention to insult the modesty of a lady) of the IPC.
Earlier, two FIRs have been registered in Haridwar concerning the Dharma Sansad of December 17-19.
The first FIR was registered at Haridwar Kotwali police station on December 23 on a criticism by one Gulbahar Khan beneath sections 153A (selling enmity between completely different teams and acts prejudicial to concord) and 295A of the IPC.
Five folks have been named on this FIR: Narsinghanand, Tyagi, and non secular leaders Dharamdas Maharaj, Maa Annapurna Bharti, and Sagar Sindhuraj Maharaj.
The latter three are but to be arrested. One of them, Maa Annapurna Bharti, organized a “pratikar sabha” (protest assembly) in Haridwar on Sunday, accusing the Uttarakhand authorities of coming beneath stress from “jihadis”.
The second FIR was registered on January 2 on the criticism of social activist Nadeem Ali. The FIR, registered beneath sections 153A and 298 (pronouncement of phrases and so on. with intent to outrage spiritual emotions of any individual), made reference to alleged hate speeches on the Haridwar occasion and within the days following. It took the title of Tyagi and others.
An SIT was shaped to probe the case, however the first arrests – of Tyagi and Narasimhanand – got here solely after a Supreme Court discover to the Centre, Delhi Police and the Uttarakhand authorities on January 10. The discover was issued after a PIL was filed. Demanding a probe into police inaction, and alleged hate speeches made by Hindu Yuva Vahini at an occasion organized in Delhi on the Haridwar occasion and individually.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
