New Delhi: Munawar Faruqui, a slapstick comedian from Gujarat, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly insulting Hindu deities and non secular beliefs and Home Minister Amit Shah throughout a New Year present in Indore.
Today, he was despatched to judicial custody. Reports stated that an Indore courtroom refused to grant bail to him and 4 others, following which they have been despatched to jail.
Faruqui together with 4 different occasion organisers was arrested for allegedly insulting Hindu deities throughout a New Year present in Indore.
The others arrested embody Indore-based Prakhar Vyas, Priyam Vyas, Nalin Yadav, and occasion coordinator Edwin Anthony.
The case was filed based mostly on a criticism by Eklavya Gaur, convenor of the Hind Rakshak Sangathan and son of BJP MLA Malini Gaur.
हिन्दू देवी देवताओं का कथित तौर पर मज़ाक उड़ाने के आरोप में स्टैंड अप कमेडियन प्रियम प्रखर,मुनव्वर के खिलाफ मामला दर्ज, इंदौर के तुकोगंज में मामला दर्ज, @bjp4mp विधायक @GaurMalini के बेटे एकलव्य गौड़ पर मारपीट का भी आरोप @ndtv @ndtvindia @GargiRawat @riteshmishraht @kunalkamra88 pic.twitter.com/HQiL1624as
— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) January 2, 2021
Hind Rakashak Sangathan convenor Eklavya Gaur, son of BJP MLA Malini Gaur filed the criticism to the police. Lawyer Dinesh Pandey represented Eklavya Gaur within the courtroom.
“Munawar Faruqui is a serial offender. We got the information about a show of Faruqui in Indore. We reached there and saw that they were making fun of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. We also recorded a video. We stopped the show and asked people to leave the show. They did not take permission for the show. They also violated social distancing rules,” Gaur stated whereas speaking to media.
गलत जगह फंस गया। अब इसकी मामा स्टाइल में सर्विसिंग होगी… https://t.co/jmyzpWdcO3
— Nisheeth Sharan (@nisheethsharan) January 2, 2021
“We took them to the police station and an FIR was registered against the accused under the relevant section of the law,” he added.
Lawyer Dinesh Pandey stated, “The accused organised the show without permission and were passing rude comments on Hindu God and Goddesses. They were arrested on Friday and were presented before the court on Saturday. The court sent them to jail till January 13.”
“The arrested men have been booked under IPC sections 188, 269, 34 and 295A for organising the event sans permission, flouting COVID-19 safety norms, and hurting religious sentiments,” he added.
Viral movies of the present:
Suchitra Vijayan, a author and researcher posted a video of the present which reportedly created big furore over the controversial content material.
They have been booked underneath IPC sec 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, supposed to outrage non secular emotions of any class by insulting its faith or non secular beliefs), sec 269 (illegal or negligent act prone to unfold the an infection of any illness harmful to life)
— Suchitra Vijayan (@suchitrav) January 2, 2021
Part 2 of the video
pic.twitter.com/oJAc5FC19j
— Suchitra Vijayan (@suchitrav) January 2, 2021
Part 3 pic.twitter.com/DJE5lpv8I7
— Suchitra Vijayan (@suchitrav) January 2, 2021
