A Rohtak Court on Friday directed the Haryana Police to probe the “hate speech” allegedly made by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev in which he suggested that those refusing to say ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ deserved to be beheaded.
Hearing the plea moved by former Haryana minister Subhash Batra, the court of Additional CJM Ashwani Kumar directed a Superintendent of Police to submit the report on by April 30. Ramdev had come under fire from various quarters over his inflammatory remark of “beheading” those who oppose the chanting of “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” during his address at Sadbhavna Sammelan organised here last Sunday.
But for the law, he would have “beheaded” those who were refusing to raise the slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai,’ Ramdev allegedly said. Ramdev’s outburst came against the backdrop of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s recent remarks that he would not chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ even if a knife was put to his throat.
Batra had filed a complaint against Ramdev for the “hate speech” with the police. When the police did not register a case immediately, he approached the court.
Ramdev is the brand ambassador of the Haryana Government for the promotion of yoga and ayurveda.