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NEW DELHI – A case has been filed against rabid Hindutva proponent Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati for making derogatory comments about Islam and the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The case was filed in Ghaziabad’s Sihani Gate police station on Thursday for his alleged hate speech delivered at Hindi Bhawan in Ghaziabad’s Lohia Nagar on September 29.
The FIR was registered under Section 302 (hurting someone’s religious feelings) of BNS based on a complaint by police sub-inspector Trivendra Singh Singh. “We have not arrested him yet,” said Sachin Kumar, SHO of Sihani Gate Police Station, adding the police have taken cognisance of a video of the alleged hate speech that has since gone viral.
“Any action will be taken after the investigation of the alleged video,” media reports quoted him as saying. The speech was given allegedly at an event organised by Major Asharam Vyag Seva Sansthan at the Dasna temple where Yati Narasinghanand is the head priest.
Addressing the gathering the priest said, “If you have to burn effigies on every Dussehra, then burn the effigies of Muhammad (pbuh).”
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