Case against 400 people over religious stir in uttarakhand
Dehradun, Oct. 1 -- Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday booked 400 unidentified people for allegedly rioting, promoting enmity, chanting religious slogans and attacking cops after hundreds of people gathered in Dehradun's Chowki Bazar area on Monday evening as they were protesting against a comment on social media targeting Prophet Mohammad.
The FIR was registered at Patel Nagar police station under sections 121(2) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter a public servant from duty), 126(2) (wrongful restraint), 190 (offence committed by a member of an unlawful assembly in prosecution of its common object ), 191(2) (rioting), 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds such as religion, race, place of birth, etc., prejudicial to harmony), and 302 (uttering words, making gestures, or placing objects with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on the complaint of sub inspector Harsh Arora, ISBT Dehradun chowki in charge.
Gulshan Rathore (19), the accused who allegedly made a comment against Prophet Mohammad on an Instagram post on Monday, was arrested under section 170 (Arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences) of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). He was booked under sections 196 (1) (196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds such as religion, race, place of birth, etc., prejudicial to harmony), 299 (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), and 302 (uttering words, making gestures, or placing objects with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) of the BNS at Patel Nagar police station.
Chandrabhan Singh, Station House Officer (SHO) at Patel Nagar police station, said, "The protestors gathered in large numbers in Chowki Bazar area while protesting against a social media comment made against Prophet Mohammad. We tried to persuade them that action has already been taken against the accused. But they indulged in hooliganism, raised religious slogans and assaulted our force.
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