BJP MLA T Raja Singh booked for Mira road hate speech (Indian Express)

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This comes a week after a petition was filed in the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an offence against Singh, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane and legislator Geeta Jain from Mira road for allegedly delivering hate speeches.

Singh was denied police permission for a rally on Mira Road, where communal clashes took place in January, but he was later permitted for it by Bombay HC on grounds that he would not indulge in any hate speech. (File photo)

By Express News Service

THE MIRA Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police on Wednesday registered an FIR against Telangana BJP leader T Raja Singh for allegedly making a hate speech on Mira Road on February 25. An officer said that in addition to Singh, organiser of the event Naresh Nile has also been named as an accused in the case.

This comes a week after a petition was filed in the Bombay High Court seeking registration of an offence against Singh, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane and legislator Geeta Jain from Mira road for allegedly delivering hate speeches.

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