FIR against Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya for his 'Ramcharitmanas' remark
- In Reports
- 05:56 PM, Jan 24, 2023
- Myind Staff
An FIR was registered against Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya for his remarks against the Ramcharitmanas on Tuesday.
"A case has been registered against Swami Prasad Maurya at the Hazratganj police station for allegedly outraging religious feelings with his recent remarks on Ramcharitmanas," a police officer said.
The FIR was registered following a complaint by Shivendra Mishra, a resident of Aishbagh locality in Bazar Khala area of Uttar Pradesh, he said.
The case was lodged under relevant sections of IPC, including 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 298 (deliberate intention of wounding religious feelings), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 153 A (wanton vilification or attacks upon the religion, race, place of birth, residence etc), police said.
Earlier on Sunday, Maurya said certain portions of the Ramcharitmanas 'insult' a large section of society on the basis of caste and these should be 'banned.'
Though the party distanced itself from Maurya's remark, saying it was his personal comments, the BJP in Uttar Pradesh demanded that he apologise and take back his statement.
According to a report by PTI, Lette Hanuman Temple, where the statue of Lord Hanuman is in a lying position, in the state capital has banned the entry of the Samajwadi Party leader.
A banner saying "Adharmi Swami Prasad Maurya ka mandir me pravesh varjit" (entry of Swami Prasad Maurya inside temple is banned) has been put up outside the temple, the report added.
Image courtesy: PTI
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