Thane: The Mumbra police on Thursday said they have registered an FIR against controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati on a complaint alleging he has hurt religious feelings of a community with his comments on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Saraswati, head of the Dasna Devi temple at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, was booked under IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class) and 505(2) (statements conducing public mischief) and also the IT Act, said the police. The FIR was registered on Wednesday on the basis of a complaint filed by a local resident, they said.
The complainant alleged the 58-year-old priest made provocative comments in context of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and a video containing the remarks surfaced on social media a few days ago, which prompted him to approach the police here. He claimed Saraswati’s comments have hurt religious feelings of a community. PTI
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Saraswati, head of the Dasna Devi temple at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, was booked under IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class) and 505(2) (statements conducing public mischief) and also the IT Act, said the police. The FIR was registered on Wednesday on the basis of a complaint filed by a local resident, they said.
The complainant alleged the 58-year-old priest made provocative comments in context of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and a video containing the remarks surfaced on social media a few days ago, which prompted him to approach the police here. He claimed Saraswati’s comments have hurt religious feelings of a community. PTI
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