Lucknow, Nov 6 (Inditop.com) A group of Shia leaders has filed a complaint against Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary Amar Singh for allegedly hurting sentiments of the community, police said Friday.
Singh has been charged with hurting the sentiments of the Shia community by equating the rebel Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh with Hurr ibn Yazid Al-Riyahi, who initially opposed the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Hussain’s way but later repented and joined his party.
“A case under section 153 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against Amar Singh for hurting religious sentiments of the (Shia) community,” city’s Chowk police station’s inspector N.P. Singh told Inditop.
According to police, Singh, while addressing a public meeting in Chowk area Wednesday for his party’s candidate for the Lucknow West assembly seat, had reportedly said: “Kalyan nahi ye Hur hai, BJP ka Bhasmasur hai.” Bhasmasur was an asura (demon) in Hindu mythology, with the power of incinerating his enemies.
By-polls for 11 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat (Ferozabad) in Uttar Pradesh will take place Saturday.
