Togadia booked for ‘hate speech’ by Maha police
8 Feb 2013 7:34 AM IST
The Maharashtra Police has registered a case against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia for making an alleged hate speech in Maharashtra’s Nanded district.
Nanded police who listened to the speech following the row said that they didn’t find the speech ‘communal’.
On Thursday, as the demand for action against Togadia intensified, the Centre asked the Maharashtra government to book the VHP leader if he is found to be violating laws after probing the charges.
After that, the Maharashtra government ordered an inquiry into the provocative speeches made in Nanded last month against members of a particular community even as the state Minorities Affairs Minister Naseem Khan demanded on Thursday that it file a case against the firebrand Hindu outfit leader.
‘The Home Ministry’s advise is clear. Once they have confirmed forensic evidence, appropriate action as per law must be taken against Togadia,’ an official said in New Delhi.
Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said if Togadia’s speech is inflammatory, the state government must take action against him. At a public meeting at Bhokar town in Nanded district of Maharashtra on 22 January details of which are now surfacing after a video-recording was posted online, he had allegedly attacked Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi and members of a community. Owaisi was sent to jail on charges of delivering a hate speech at Andhra Pradesh last month.
Nanded police who listened to the speech following the row said that they didn’t find the speech ‘communal’.
On Thursday, as the demand for action against Togadia intensified, the Centre asked the Maharashtra government to book the VHP leader if he is found to be violating laws after probing the charges.
After that, the Maharashtra government ordered an inquiry into the provocative speeches made in Nanded last month against members of a particular community even as the state Minorities Affairs Minister Naseem Khan demanded on Thursday that it file a case against the firebrand Hindu outfit leader.
‘The Home Ministry’s advise is clear. Once they have confirmed forensic evidence, appropriate action as per law must be taken against Togadia,’ an official said in New Delhi.
Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said if Togadia’s speech is inflammatory, the state government must take action against him. At a public meeting at Bhokar town in Nanded district of Maharashtra on 22 January details of which are now surfacing after a video-recording was posted online, he had allegedly attacked Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi and members of a community. Owaisi was sent to jail on charges of delivering a hate speech at Andhra Pradesh last month.
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