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Complaints against four authors for 'The Satanic Verses' reading
Monday January 23, 2012 10:02:49 PM,
IANS
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Jaipur: Muslim groups
have filed six complaints in courts in Jaipur and Ajmer against
four authors -- Hari Kunzru, Amitava Kumar, Ruchir Joshi and Jeet
Thayil -- for reading out excerpts from "The Satanic Verses" by
Salman Rushdie and discussing the book at the Jaipur Literature
Festival Jan 20.
Addressing the media here Monday, Kavita Srivastava, national
secretary of Public Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL), said: "Five
complaints have been filed in Jaipur lower court and one in Ajmer."
The Jaipur and Ajmer courts will decide whether the complaints can
be admitted and first information reports (FIRs) lodged against
the accused.
"The cases have been filed by people from all kinds of
denominations," Srivastava said.
Citing instances, she said one of the complainants was Daulat
Khan, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minorities cell
while two others were Abdul Latif of All India Milli Council and
Muzzafar Bharti, a primary member of the Congress party.
The six complainants belong to different organisations.
The complaints also named the organisers of the festival, Sanjoy
Roy and Namita Gokhale, in their petitions.
"The complainants had charged the four writers and the festival
organisers with hurting the religious sentiments of the Muslims
and using offensive words in their discussion under Sections 153
A, 295 and 298 of the Indian Penal Code," she said.
"The Satanic Verses" is banned in India for its "controversial
content" that the Muslims allege is an insult to Islam.
Salman Rushdie, who was supposed to take part in the festival Jan
20-24, dropped his plans at the last moment fearing threat to his
life following intelligence alerts.
He is expected to address the festival Tuesday via video from
Europe where he is currently located, Sanjoy Roy told the media.
He will be in conversation with an anchor about his Man Booker
prize winning book "Midnight's Children", his journey from
childhood as a writer and the adaptation of the book into a movie
at 3.30 p.m., Roy said.
Addressing the media, Roy said the video conference was on as
scheduled.
"The police have sought clarification on the format and timing of
Rushdie's address and we have sent a letter stating the time and
format. We are yet to receive a reply," Roy said.
"It was no undertaking, no affidavit, just a clarification," he
added.
Roy said he had not formally heard "about the complaints against
the writer or the organisers of the festival in court".
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