MP and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi; priest of a Ghaziabad-based temple, Yati Narsinghanand Giri Saraswati
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Hyderabad: MP and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, along with his party MLAs, lodged a complaint with city police commissioner, CV Anand, against the priest of a Ghaziabad-based temple, Yati Narsinghanand Giri Saraswati.
During a recent Dasara meeting, Owaisi stated that Narsinghanand had delivered a hate speech against Prophet Muhammad. He added that Narsinghanand is currently out on bail and demanded an immediate cancellation of his bail as well as the arrest of the priest for his hate speech against the prophet.
Owaisi also submitted a Youtube link of Narsinghanand's speech along with the complaint.
In the complaint Asaduddin Owaisi said that Narsighanand said “In the present time there are so many offenders/criminals in existence who cannot be compared with Ravan, as such through this Dias I request the Hindus, from now on if you want to burn something during Dussehra burn the Prophet Muhammed. Lakhs and Crores of hindu sisters and women who were raped was during the time of Robber of Arab Prophet Muhammed. Wherever there is bloodshed happening across the world, it is in the name of and due to the Predator of Arab Prophet Muhammed, as such if at all you want to burn the effigy of someone, start burning the effigy of Prophet Muhammed.”
Owaisi said that the plain reading of the comments made by Yati Narsinghanand Giri Saraswati against Prophet Muhammed in the video, prima facie amounts to hate speech, delivered against one set of religious community with an ill intention to target and outrage the sentiments of one particular community i.e., Muslims, who are all followers of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) and hold him to the highest regard in their lives.
“It is also pertinent to mention herein that the said statements were made with mala fide intention, that too without any basis only to insult, hurt, outrage the religious sentiments and feelings of the Muslim community of India and the entire followers of Islam religion and the said illegal action of Yati Narsinghanand Giri Saraswati, in making such statements and asking the person to record the same clearly amounts to hate speech, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and race,” said Owaisi.
“Not only should a case be registered against him but he should also be arrested. We hope immediate action will be taken and on our representation to the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad. We also requested him to remove the obscene language used by this person against our Prophet Mohammed from all the social media platforms," he added.
The Hyderabad MP demanded the police to take legal action against Yati Narsinghanand under Criminal Case under 196(1)(a)(b)(c),299,351,352,353(1)(b)(c)353(2),353(3)of BNS ,s66A,66f,67 of IT Act should be registered and arrested immediately.