New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday filed an FIR against Alt-News co-founder Mohammad Zubair over his posts regarding controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand.
The FIR against Zubair is based on a complaint made by Narsinghanand’s aide, Udita Tyagi, general Secretary of Yati Narsimahanand Saraswati Foundation. She alleged that Zubair posted an old clipping of Narsinghanand on October 3 to provoke violence against him.
Narsinghanand recently made headlines for making incendiary remarks on Prophet Muhammad and was heard inciting people to burn the Prophet’s effigies at an event in Ghaziabad on September 29.
The police have cited Sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion..), 228 (giving or fabricating false evidence), 299 (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 356(3) (related to defamation) and 351 (2) (punishment for criminal intimidation) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), against Zubair, the Deccan Herald reported.
On Friday (October 4), a large crowd gathered on the road outside the temple run by Narsinghanand in Dasna. People shouted slogans and demanded action against the priest after videos of his remarks surfaced on social media.
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