The Karnataka Police has registered a case against the head of Hindu Jagran Vedike, affiliated to the Sangh Parivar, for allegedly making derogatory statements about the Quran and Muslims.
The case was registered on July 1 against Keshav Murthy, state convener of Hindu Jagran Vedike in Kolar, on the complaint of Zameer Ahmed, president of Anjuman-e-Islamia.
According to police sources, the statements were made earlier in the day when Hindutva activists protested against the killing of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor who had allegedly supported the now suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma The Prophet’s Commentary on the Controversy.
A viral video of Murthy’s speech purportedly shows him saying that those who read and followed the Quran were “terrorists”.
The police of Kolar city have booked Indian Penal Code sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153B (incitement with intent to incite rioting), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class) by insulting her). religion or religious belief), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505i (printing or engraving matter known as defamation).
However, Murthy is absconding and the police are yet to arrest him.