Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) today lodged a police complaint against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati for making blasphemous remarks against Prophet Mohammad ﷺ.
AIMIM legislators led by party president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi met Hyderabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand and lodged a complaint against Yati Narsinghanand, who is a priest at a temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad.
The delegation, including party MLAs and MLCs, gave a written representation to the Commissioner and told him that Narsinghanand Saraswati incited another community to burn the Prophet’s effigy, which has sparked widespread outrage.
They demanded that Hyderabad police send a team to Uttar Pradesh, arrest Yati Narsinghanand and bring him to Hyderabad.
Owaisi said the Police Commissioner has ordered a senior officer to register a case in this regard in cyber cell.
The AIMIM leaders expressed their concern over the provocative statements and their potential to disturb communal harmony. They urged the authorities to take strict legal action against Saraswati for his inflammatory comments and to ensure that communal sentiments are not further exacerbated.
The AIMIM chief said Yati Narsinghanand used derogatory, obnoxious and highly condemnable words against the Prophet Mohammad.
Owaisi recalled that Yati Narsinghanand was arrested earlier in a case of hate speech and one of the conditions of his bail was that he would not use derogatory words. He demanded that his bail be cancelled.
“We also requested that the videos of the blasphemous remarks of Yati Narsinghanand be removed from all social media platforms as this is causing mental agony to Muslims. The Police Commissioner said they would take action as per the procedure,” the MP said.
The AIMIM leader said the police should not only register a case against Yati Narsinghanand but also arrest him.
“We quoted judgement of the Honourable Supreme Court that suo moto action should be taken against anyone making a hate speech. The Court had also said that any hesitation to act in this direction will be viewed as contempt of court and appropriate action will be taken against erring officers,” he said.
Owaisi said the Uttar Pradesh police were committing contempt by not arresting the accused.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take immediate action against him for hurting the sentiments of Muslims.
The Hyderabad MP said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who talks of ‘sabka sath, sabka vikas’, should take action against Yati Narsinghanand and arrest him.
Owaisi said Prime Minister Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP should take action against Yati Narsinghanand and others who are using derogatory language against the Prophet to prove that they are not biased. He said such incidents would harm the country’s reputation at the international level.
The AIMIM chief said Yati Narsinghanand was doing this in a pre-planned manner. He believes that Yati Narsinghanand enjoyed full support of Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi government.
“These people are weakening the country and shredding the Constitution,” he said and appealed to people to remain peaceful and not to take law into their hands.
