Another case against Nupur Sharma in Maharashtra over remarks on Prophet Mohammad
India | June 16, 2022 13:02 ISTNupur Sharma is already facing similar cases in Mumbai, Thane and some other places in Maharashtra.
Nupur Sharma is already facing similar cases in Mumbai, Thane and some other places in Maharashtra.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has expressed anger over threats to behead the former BJP leader. Not only this, several BJP MPs and leaders have also come out in open in support of Nupur Sharma.
Two people died and several others sustained injuries as the protest turned violent outside the mosques after Friday prayers.
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Several Indian websites have been hacked in the last few days and these attacks seemed to have originated in Indonesia and Malaysia, said a senior official of state police here.
The Seraikela-Kharswan district has been on alert after Sharma's inflammatory comments on Prophet Mohammad triggered widespread violence in Ranchi.
The VHP's Delhi unit today called on people in the city to assemble in temples and participate in mass recitations of Hanuman Chalisa to register protest against the June 10 violence in parts of the country.
The total 33 arrests from UP includes 92 from Prayagraj, 83 from Saharanpur, 52 from Hathras, 40 from Moradabad, 18 from Ferozabad, 41 from Ambedkarnagar, six from Aligarh, and five from Jalaun.
Addressing a gathering, Maulana Tauqeer Raza made provocative statements saying that Muslims are being oppressed in the country and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the 'Dhritarashtra of the kalyug'.
The Mumbai Police have also summoned Nupur Sharma to record a statement on June 25 in connection with her remarks about the Prophet during a TV debate that triggered a huge controversy.
In the last 2 to 3 days, a WhatsApp video had gone viral in which two individuals could be seen sticking posters of Nupur Sharma with a symbol of a shoe print on it.
Among those arrested, 316 were held in eight districts in Uttar Pradesh and 100 in West Bengal, while the Ranchi police registered 25 FIRs against "thousands" of people for the violence that erupted against two suspended BJP functionaries over Prophet Mohammad remarks after Friday prayers.
Bulldozers were used for action in Prayagraj against the alleged key conspirator by the Prayagraj Development Authority under the ambit of law and presence of heavy police.
Over 300 people have been arrested so far in Uttar Pradesh after Friday prayers protests, while 82 of them have been arrested in Saharanpur alone.
Eastern Railway, Public Relation Officer chief Eklavya Chakraborty said that an unruly mob of 1,000 people pelted stones on the train. Few people were injured.
More fronts will come out and there will be even bigger movements if now-sacked BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal are not punished, said AIMIM Solapur district chief Farooq Shabdi.
Protests erupted in several parts of Howrah district on Friday. The agitators resorted to stone-pelting, setting police vehicles on fire and damaging public property during violent protests and clashes with the law enforcers in the district.
The row over the alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad escalated last week with protests from countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Iran, prompting the BJP to take action against its functionaries and assert that it respects all religions.
After the Friday prayers, a large crowd of people had gathered on the steps of the famous mosque, carrying placards and shouting slogans against Sharma and Naveen Jindal, former head of the Delhi BJP's media unit, for allegedly making derogatory remarks on the Prophet.
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