Hate speech at 'Hindu Jan Akrosh' rally: BJP leaders booked
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Mumbai: Police informed that they have registered a case against BJP MLA Nitesh Rane and the party's Telangana legislator T Raja Singh, along with others, on hate speech. A police official informed on Sunday that the alleged hate speech was delivered at a 'Hindu Jan Aakrosh' rally in Solapur in Maharashtra, PTI reported.
The rally was held on Saturday between Rajendra Chowk and Kanna Chowk and was also attended by leaders of the Sakal Hindu Samaj, an umbrella body of several outfits, whose office bearers have also been named in the FIR, the Jail Road police station official said.
While Rane mentioned "jihadis" and the demolition of mosques, Singh, MLA from Goshamahal in Hyderabad, allegedly uttered objectionable statements on "love jihad", the official said.
"We have booked Rane, Raja Singh, Sakal Hindu Samaj office bearer Sudhakar Mahadev Bahirwade and 8-10 others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code," he said.
The case was registered under sections 153A (creating enmity between two different groups on the grounds of religion), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and others, he added.
