Swami Kamlananda jailed for hate speech
Monday January 14, 2013 09:09:09 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Hindu
religious leader Swami Kamlananda Bharati was Monday sent to jail
for allegedly making a hate speech and promoting enmity on grounds
of religion and race.
Bharati, who was arrested in Srisailam town Sunday night, was
brought to Hyderabad and produced before a magistrate, who
remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days.
The president of Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi, a committee
fighting for protection of Hindu temples, has been charged with
promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion,
race, language and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of
harmony.
Amid tight security, the saffron-clad leader was later shifted to
Cherlapally Central Jail on the city outskirts.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Hyderabad police arrested
Bharati Sunday night in Srisailam town of Kurnool district, about
250 km from here.
He had allegedly made a venomous speech against the Muslim
community while addressing a rally in the city on Jan 8. Cases
were booked against him in Mir Chowk and Dabeerpura police
stations in the old city on the complaints lodged by some
organisations including Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT) and Human
Awakening Society, an NGO.
They alleged that Bharati made an inflammatory speech to create
communal disturbances in Hyderabad.
His speech was aired on some television channels and was also
posted on YouTube.
He had made the remarks at a rally was organised to condemn
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi's hate
speech against Hindus. Owaisi was arrested last week.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other rightwing Hindu groups have
condemned Bharati's arrest. They alleged that he was arrested on
Sankranti day when he had gone to the pilgrim town of Srisaialam
for performing some rituals.
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