Hyderabad (Telangana) [India]Aug 23 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party Telangana MLA Raja Singh over his alleged remarks on Prophet Muhammad, saying it was destroyed by the BJP. It was a deliberate attempt to do so. The social fabric of the country.
Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad today, Owaisi said, “I condemn the comments made by the BJP MLA. BJP does not want to see peace in Hyderabad. They hate Prophet Muhammad and Muslims. They want to destroy the social fabric of India.”
He said that Prime Minister Modi should at least respond to this issue.
“Fight with us politically but not like this and if PM Modi and BJP do not support these comments, they should react. …I would tell those people not to take the law into their own hands,” Owaisi added.
Earlier today, Hyderabad Police detained BJP MLA Raja Singh for making an alleged blasphemous remark against Prophet Muhammad.
Hyderabad South Zone Police registered an FIR against Raja Singh on Tuesday morning. An FIR was registered against him under sections 153A, 295 and 505 of the Indian Penal Code at Dabirpura police station.
Protests erupted in parts of Hyderabad late Monday night after Goshamahal MLA Singh released a video in which he purportedly made the remarks.
Protesters gathered in front of the city police commissioner’s office demanding immediate action against the BJP MLA.
The police detained the protesters at the commissioner’s office in Basheer Bagh and shifted them to several police stations.
According to the inspector of Dabirpura police station, more than 250 people had gathered in front of Dabirpura police station last night to protest, saying that Raja Singh shared a derogatory video about the Prophet and the religious sentiments of the community. Feelings have also been abused and hurt.
“We immediately took all the details from them and registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC and further investigation has been initiated,” said the inspector of Dabirpura police station.
The BJP MLA was placed under house arrest on August 19 after he opposed a show organized by standup comedian Munawwar Farooqui in Hyderabad on August 20.
Meanwhile, the Hyderabad Police has beefed up security and has deployed security forces outside the Hyderabad Police Commissioner’s office. Police have also beefed up security in some parts of the city. (ANI)
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