By Narsi Benwal
A Bandra-resident has moved the Bombay High Court seeking directions to the Maharashtra Police to register a criminal case against Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and BJP legislator Nitesh Rane, for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the Muslim community and also for supporting or protecting the persons, who have been recklessly making objectionable comments against Prophet Mohammad.
The petitioner – Mohammad Wasi Sayed has taken exception to the objectionable comments made by self-styled godman Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj against Prophet Mohammad. The petitioner has highlighted the speech of CM Shinde, delivered on August 16, wherein he has allegedly asked the police not to touch any Hindu sants till he is the CM of the State.
“Such utterance is clearly an obstruction and a warning in the smooth and fair investigations,” the petition states.
As regards Rane, the petition states that he is ‘notorious’ for criminalities. It says that Rane had also held a rally in Ahmednagar district in support of Ramgiri Maharaj and gave a provocative speech, calling Muslims ‘homosexual’ and also threatened that he will himself ‘hunt every Muslim in mosques and kill them.’
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