FIR in opposition to former Punjab DGP and Sidhu’s aide Mustafa for hate speech

On Sunday, Punjab police filed an FIR in opposition to Mohammad Mustafa, former DGP and advisor to Punjab Congress head Navjot Singh Sidhu, after a video surfaced on-line during which he will be heard threatening Hindus with extreme penalties in the event that they manage their occasions close to his occasions. Mustafa had issued the menace to Hindus on January 20, Thursday.
Inspector Karamveer Singh, SHO metropolis, Malerkotla, has filed a criticism on this occasion. Mustafa has been charged for fostering neighborhood hostility beneath Section 153-A of the IPC and likewise beneath part 125 of the Representation of People Act. According to studies, the EC has taken observe of the incident and has requested police to take motion.
FIR lodged in opposition to Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s advisor Mohammad Mustafa.— ANI (@ANI) January 23, 2022
“After getting information about viral video, our SHO has registered the FIR. We would ask Mohammad Mustafa also to submit his reply during our investigations” Malerkotla SSP Ravjot Grewal stated.
Mustafa, however, denied focusing on any specific group, claiming that the difficulty was with the AAP members who tried to interrupt his occasion in Malerkotla city. Jamil Ur Rehman, the AAP candidate, denied the fees, saying Mustafa had a bent of utilizing the communal playing cards. He claimed the AAP public assembly was set for late Thursday night at Baghwala Mohalla close to Sirhindi gate in Malerkotla, and Mustafa supposed to assemble a gathering close by and tried to disrupt the AAP occasion.
Mustafa took to Twitter and wrote, “THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO HINDU-MUSLIM CONTEXT TO WHAT HAPPENED IN MALERKOTLA TO WHICH THE QUOTED VIDEO CLIP RELATES. IT WAS A VERBAL OUTBURST UNILATERALLY MISCHIEVOUSLY PROVOKED BY JHADUWALAS, ALL MUSLIMS.”
THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO HINDU-MUSLIM CONTEXT TO WHAT HAPPENED IN MALERKOTLA TO WHICH THE QUOTED VIDEO CLIP RELATES. IT WAS A VERBAL OUTBURST UNILATERALLY MISCHIEVOUSLY PROVOKED BY JHADUWALAS, ALL MUSLIMS. 2N— MOHD MUSTAFA, FORMER IPS (@MohdMustafaips) January 22, 2022
The hate speech controversy
Mohammad Mustafa, the previous Punjab DG Police, delivered the hate speech within the aftermath of a verbal confrontation between supporters of Congress candidate Razia Sultana and AAP candidate Jamil-ur-Rehman. Tensions arose when AAP and Congress phases had been put up in the identical lane inside 20-25 ft at Baghwala Mohalla, close to Sirhindi Gate, and each packages had been deliberate to happen on the identical time on January 20 (Thursday) night. Mustafa had threatened AAP employees and introduced that he wouldn’t enable them to arrange any assembly close to his conferences.
Razia Sultana, the Congress candidate for the Malerkotla seat within the Punjab Legislative Assembly, is married to Mohammad Mustafa. Mustafa can also be a former DGP of Punjab. Punjab Congress chairman Navjot Singh Sidhu had chosen retired IPS officer Mohammad Mustafa as his major strategic adviser in August of final 12 months.
BJP nationwide spokeswoman Shazia Ilmi, who shared the video, accused Sidhu’s aide of trying to encourage violence and disrupt communal peace by making offensive statements earlier than the Punjab meeting elections.
“अल्लाह की क़सम ,मैं क़ौमी सिपाही हूँ, मैं जिला प्रशासन को बताना चाहता हूँ, की मेरे जल्से के बराबर हिन्दुओं क़ो जगह दी तों अच्छा नहीं होगा” मलेरकोटला में @sherryontopp के PS अपनी पत्नी के लिए प्रचार करते हुए. #कांग्रेसीसेक्युलरिज़म @ANI @BJP4India @gssjodhpur @RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/FmEXgyHRMX— Shazia Ilmi (@shaziailmi) January 21, 2022
The 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly elections will likely be held in a single part in Punjab on 20 February 2022, with the outcomes launched on March 10.