New Delhi: Following a massive outage over the open calls for genocide and use of weapons against Muslims at a religious conclave in Haridwar, a case has been registered into the matter.
Under immense pressure, the police after four days of the event has registered the First Information Report and named just one person — a Muslim, Jitender Narayan, alias Waseem Rizvi, who recently converted into Hinduism. However, no arrest has been made in the matter.
Clips from the event held from December 17 to 20 were widely circulated on social media and drew sharp criticism from former military chiefs, activists and even international tennis legend Martina Navratilova.
A case was registered following a complaint filed by Trinamool Congress leader and RTI activist Saket Gokhale.
“Taking cognizance of the video that is going viral on social media for spreading hatred by giving provocative speeches against a particular religion, a case has been registered against Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi and others under Section 153A IPC in Kotwali Haridwar and legal proceedings are in progress,” read a tweet by the Uttarakhand police.