Religious leader Yati Narsinghanand was on Sunday sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Haridwar court in connection with the ‘Dharma Sansad’ hate speech case. Narsinghanand, who was the organiser of the controversial event, was arrested by the Haridwar Police last night.
A case was registered against Yeti Narsinganand in Haridwar for making inflammatory speeches in the ‘Dharam Sansad’ in Haridwar and for commenting on girls in the city Kotwali Haridwar.
Yati Narsinghanand’s arrest was the second arrest made in the case after Waseem Rizvi, former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Central Shia Waqf board.
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Narsinghanand was picked up from Sarvanand Ghat of the Ganga, where he was staging a ‘satyagraha’ against the arrest of another accused — Jitendra Narayan Tyagi earlier known as Waseem Rizvi — in the case.
Section 295 (A) deals with deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs while section 509 deals with word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Uttarakhand and Delhi Police on a petition seeking an independent inquiry into the Haridwar Dharam Sansad speeches allegedly inciting violence against minorities.
A special investigation team is probing the case.
(With inputs from agencies)