<p>The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested Bajrang Muni Das of Maharishi Shri Laxman Das Udasin Ashram, days after he allegedly made a hate speech and issued a "rape threat" in Sitapur.</p>.<p>Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar told PTI that police arrested him in Sitapur.</p>.<p>Bajrang Muni Das, the mahant of Maharshi Shri Lakshman Das Udasin Ashram in Khairabad town of Sitapur, had allegedly made a hate speech against Muslims on April 2. A video of it later surfaced on social media platforms.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/hindu-seer-threatens-on-camera-to-publicly-kidnap-and-rape-muslim-women-1098811.html" target="_blank">Hindu seer threatens on camera to 'publicly kidnap and rape' Muslim women</a></strong></p>.<p>In the two-minute video of the speech made outside a mosque, he could be heard using the term "jehadi" to refer to a community and threatening them if any Hindu girl is harassed by any man of that community, he would himself rape their women.</p>.<p>A video of him apologising for his statement surfaced on Friday evening, hours after police lodged an FIR against him.</p>.<p>Questioning the delay in the arrest of the seer, the Samajwadi Party had on Wednesday called the ruling BJP the "biggest enemy of brotherhood".</p>.<p>"Why are police still empty handed? The government should answer. When will the bulldozer run on the accused? The CM should tell," the party asked in a tweet.</p>.<p>The post was followed by another tweet by SP president Akhilesh Yadav in which he asked CM Yogi Adityanath to act against the criminals hiding behind a saint’s robe.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested Bajrang Muni Das of Maharishi Shri Laxman Das Udasin Ashram, days after he allegedly made a hate speech and issued a "rape threat" in Sitapur.</p>.<p>Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar told PTI that police arrested him in Sitapur.</p>.<p>Bajrang Muni Das, the mahant of Maharshi Shri Lakshman Das Udasin Ashram in Khairabad town of Sitapur, had allegedly made a hate speech against Muslims on April 2. A video of it later surfaced on social media platforms.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/hindu-seer-threatens-on-camera-to-publicly-kidnap-and-rape-muslim-women-1098811.html" target="_blank">Hindu seer threatens on camera to 'publicly kidnap and rape' Muslim women</a></strong></p>.<p>In the two-minute video of the speech made outside a mosque, he could be heard using the term "jehadi" to refer to a community and threatening them if any Hindu girl is harassed by any man of that community, he would himself rape their women.</p>.<p>A video of him apologising for his statement surfaced on Friday evening, hours after police lodged an FIR against him.</p>.<p>Questioning the delay in the arrest of the seer, the Samajwadi Party had on Wednesday called the ruling BJP the "biggest enemy of brotherhood".</p>.<p>"Why are police still empty handed? The government should answer. When will the bulldozer run on the accused? The CM should tell," the party asked in a tweet.</p>.<p>The post was followed by another tweet by SP president Akhilesh Yadav in which he asked CM Yogi Adityanath to act against the criminals hiding behind a saint’s robe.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>