Raipur: Chhattisgarh Police arrested on Thursday Kalicharan Maharaj From Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh for hate speech and derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi on 26 December.
“The sadhu, a resident of Akola in Maharashtra, was arrested around 4 am today when he reached a hut reserved for a stay at the famous tourist spot,” police said.
Kalicharan Maharaj is likely to be brought to Raipur by late evening.
Chhattisgarh Police teams were sent to arrest Kalicharan Maharaj in the light of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh after Chhattisgarh Police registered an FIR against him for making derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi and praising his killer Nathuram Godse.
While delivering a speech at the ‘Dharma Sansad’ in Raipur, the saint hurled derogatory words against Gandhi and resorted to hate speech against a particular religious community. The video of his speech was widely circulated on social media, where he was seen spreading slander and hatred, targeting a religious community and its politics, using anecdotes from India’s independence in the 1940s.
Making derogatory remarks about Mahatma Gandhi, he said, “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi destroyed the country and I welcome him for assassinating Nathuram Godse.”
Other saints sitting on the stage were seen laughing while the crowd cheered the saint.
Based on a complaint filed by former mayor and Congress worker Pramod Dubey, a case was filed against Sant Kalicharan Maharaj under sections 294 and 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for using obscene words in public and inciting enmity between communities. was recorded. ,
A day later, Kalicharan Maharaj aired another video, saying that he stood by his point in the Dharma Sansad. Reacting to his statements, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that Kalicharan should surrender if he was courageous enough that failing which the state would pursue him for his arrest.
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“The sadhu, a resident of Akola in Maharashtra, was arrested around 4 am today when he reached a hut reserved for a stay at the famous tourist spot,” police said.
Kalicharan Maharaj is likely to be brought to Raipur by late evening.
Chhattisgarh Police teams were sent to arrest Kalicharan Maharaj in the light of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh after Chhattisgarh Police registered an FIR against him for making derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi and praising his killer Nathuram Godse.
While delivering a speech at the ‘Dharma Sansad’ in Raipur, the saint hurled derogatory words against Gandhi and resorted to hate speech against a particular religious community. The video of his speech was widely circulated on social media, where he was seen spreading slander and hatred, targeting a religious community and its politics, using anecdotes from India’s independence in the 1940s.
Making derogatory remarks about Mahatma Gandhi, he said, “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi destroyed the country and I welcome him for assassinating Nathuram Godse.”
Other saints sitting on the stage were seen laughing while the crowd cheered the saint.
Based on a complaint filed by former mayor and Congress worker Pramod Dubey, a case was filed against Sant Kalicharan Maharaj under sections 294 and 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for using obscene words in public and inciting enmity between communities. was recorded. ,
A day later, Kalicharan Maharaj aired another video, saying that he stood by his point in the Dharma Sansad. Reacting to his statements, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that Kalicharan should surrender if he was courageous enough that failing which the state would pursue him for his arrest.
Watch Religious Guru Kalicharan Maharaj incited controversy, said- ‘Salutations to Godse for killing Gandhi’
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