Delhi court seeks action taken report against Karni Sena chief, priest for alleged communal remarks

A court in Delhi has directed the police to file a report on the action taken against Rajput Karni Sena chief Kunwar Suraj Pal Amu and priest Narsinghanand Saraswati for allegedly making communally provocative comments, Live Law reported on Tuesday.

The court’s order came after the police in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar had allegedly refused to file a first information report against Amu and Saraswati on August 4, according to The Wire. A law teacher named Faisal Ahmed Khan had approached the police with complaints against the two.

In his complaint against Amu, Khan cited the remarks he made at two mahapanchayats in Haryana in May and July, according to Live Law.

In May, Amu had allegedly spoken in favour of those accused of lynching a Muslim man in Haryana’s Indri village. The Haryana Police had said in June that they were verifying a video of Amu’s speech.

Weeks later in Pataudi, Amu allegedly “urged the crowd to destroy mosques and stop every attempt that is made at building mosques”, The Wire reported, quoting the complaint against him.

The complainant alleged that Amu’s comments intended to hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community and disturb peace.

He demanded that a first information report be filed against Amu under Sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 504 (intentional…

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