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posted by: Saurabh Verma
Last updated: June 12, 2023 at 00:02 IST
A screenshot of Aurangzeb’s profile picture was provided to the police by a Hindu organization (Representative Image/PTI)
The police arrested the man in Fashi, who works at an outlet for a mobile phone service provider. He was allowed to go and a report was issued
Navi Mumbai Police has registered a human rights information report against a man for allegedly using Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s image as his WhatsApp profile picture after the case was raised by a Hindu organisation, an official said Sunday.
The police arrested the man in Fashi, who works at an outlet for a mobile phone service provider. He was allowed to go and a report was issued.
A screenshot of Aurangzeb’s profile picture was provided to police by a Hindu organisation, which led to the case being registered under Sections 298 (utterance of words, etc., with deliberate intent to hurt religious feelings) and 153-A (provoking enmity between different groups in the country), the official said. religion, race, place of birth and residence) of the Indian Penal Code. He added that further investigations are underway.
Incidents of communal tension have occurred in various cities of Maharashtra recently due to the alleged glorification of Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan. In the city of Kolhapur, protesters pelted stones during a demonstration against the alleged use of Tipu Sultan’s image along with an audio message rejected as status on social media by a few locals on Wednesday. Earlier, portraits of Aurangzeb were shown in procession at Ahmednagar. In the town of Sangamner, stones were thrown during a rally of the Sakal Hindu Samaj in response to the alleged killing of a boy. Two people were injured and five vehicles were damaged.
Separately, a poster of Aurangzeb with objectionable slogans was displayed during a religious procession, also in Sangamner, police said.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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