Slogans Calling For Violence Against Muslims Raised At Jantar Mantar, FIR Registered
The Delhi Police has filed an FIR on Monday in connection to an event held at Jantar Mantar on Sunday where inflammatory slogans calling for violence against Muslims were raised. The FIR did not name any specific person even though several videos from the rally clearly showed the identities of the participants. The unknown persons have been booked under Sections 153A promoting enmity between different groups and 188 disobedience to order duly pro...Read More
The Delhi Police has filed an FIR on Monday in connection to an event held at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, where inflammatory slogans calling for violence against Muslims were raised.
Meanwhile, the FIR did not name any specific person even though several videos from the rally clearly showed the identities of the participants.
FIR registered against unknown persons after a video emerged showing inflammatory slogans being raised at Jantar Mantar during a march for "Colonial Laws & Make Uniform Laws" yesterday: Delhi Police sources
¡ª ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2021
Supreme Court lawyer and former spokesperson of the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party Ashwini Upadhyay posted several tweets asking people to join the event.
Gajendra Chauhan, another BJP leader, was also among the attendees at the rally.
Ironically, Jantar Mantar is on 'Sansad Marg'.
¡ª Abhishek Baxi (@baxiabhishek) August 8, 2021
The national capital is brimming with communal mobs baying for blood and the genocidal maniacs in power strategically look away. Happy Independence Day to you too. pic.twitter.com/A0pu6kWZZ8
The unknown persons have been booked under Sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 51 of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority Act for violating Covid-19 protocol.
Upadhyay had called for the march at Jantar Mantar as part of his ¡°Bharat jodo [Unite India] movement¡± on Sunday evening.
Twitter/Ashwini Upadhyay
Reports suggest that the organisers demanded scrapping of ¡°colonial-era laws¡± by setting up a uniform civil code in the country.
However, they had not received permission from the Delhi government to organise the event.
#Delhi Police has registered an FIR against unknown persons a day after Inflammatory and anti-Muslim slogans 'Mulle Kaate Jayenge' were howled at #JantarMantar in the National capital. Smart police couldn't recognize the culprits? pic.twitter.com/Q7Ah8mkwnt
¡ª Naaved Bawa (Akhlad khan) (@BawaNaaved) August 9, 2021
Purported videos from the event showed a group of people shouting slogans such as: ¡°Jab mulle kaate jayenge, Ram-Ram chillayenge [Muslims will chant Ram-Ram when they will be slaughtered].¡±
The crowd also flouted COVID norms. They did not wear masks or maintain any social distancing.
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