By HT Correspondent
The West Bengal police have booked two persons for allegedly plotting to incite communal tension and violence between religious groups during Ram Navami and Eid-ul-Fitr next week, officials said.
“A case has been registered against two persons with Shyampur police station in Howrah. The charges are very serious. They were planning and plotting to incite communal tension and violence between religious groups. Investigation is going on. It is still in the nascent stage,” Jawed Shamim, ADG (law and order) of West Bengal Police, told media persons on Saturday.
Next week two major religious festivals including Eid-ul-Fitr and Ram Navami will be celebrated across the state.
“We received specific inputs that attempts were being made in some circles to hurt religious sentiments of the people on the eve and during the festivals so that the communal harmony gets disrupted. We came to know that plans were afoot to put up posters and placards at multiple places so that religious hatred could be spread between the people from various communities,” Supratim Sarkar, ADG (South Bengal) of state police, told the media.
Police have registered a case under sections 196 (2) (promoting enmity), 299 (maliciously outrage religious sentiments), 353(1) and 353 (2) (spreading rumors to incite enmity) of the BNS.
“We cannot disclose the identity and profile of the accused as the case is being investigated. The accused are being questioned. We need to verify whether this is an isolated incident or a part of broader pattern,” Sarkar said.
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