Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi was detained by Uttarakhand Police in Haridwar on Thursday over making objectionable and inflammatory statements against Islam during the ‘Dharam Sansad’ or religious assembly held in Haridwar.
Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi was detained by Uttarakhand Police in Haridwar on Thursday over making objectionable and inflammatory statements against Islam during the ‘Dharam Sansad’ or religious assembly held in Haridwar. Yati Narsinghanand was also nabbed by the cops.
he religious assembly, being referred to as Haridwar “Hate Assembly”, sparked a row after videos of Hindu leaders, making provocative speeches and inciting violence against minority communities surfaced on social media.
Jitendra Narayan Tyagi has been accused of deliberately hurting the religious sentiments of crores of people, who believe in Islam. The speech was broadcast live on Facebook.
Following this, an FIR was lodged by Gulbahar Khan against Jitendra Narayan Tyagi at Haridwar Kotwali.
The Uttarakhand Police tweeted (in Hindi), “Taking cognizance of the video that is going viral on social media for spreading hatred by giving provocative speeches against a particular religion, a case has been registered against Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi and others under Section 153A IPC in Kotwali Haridwar and legal proceedings are in progress.”
