Citing his speech as “anti-national”, an FIR was filed against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MlA Amanatullah Khan for his alleged use of abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi held at an event in Red Fort last month.
The Delhi Police registered a case on the basis of a complaint by a lawyer, in North Delhi’s Kotwali police station. “We have registered an FIR in respect of non-cognisable offence under IPC Section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) on the basis of a complaint,” a senior police official said on Friday, adding the police are also examining a video in connection with the event.
The FIR was registered on Thursday by advocate, also an RTI Activist Vivek Garg, who had earlier lodged several complaints against the city Government with Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Branch, filed the FIR in the morning.
On Wednesday, Delhi unit of BJP had filed a complaint with the police against Khan accusing him of using “abusive language” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in Red Fort on February 16 and demanded action against him.
Garg requested police to initiate legal actions against Khan while mentioning, “The matter is very serious and offence is anti-national as well.”
A delegation of BJP leaders, including party’s Delhi chief Satish Upadhyay, has met Commissioner of Police Alok Verma and submitted the copy of a video it claimed to have obtained from social media. Upadhyay has claimed that the Okhla MlA had made the remarks at an event organised by the Delhi Government’s Urdu Academy. An AAP spokesperson has questioned the veracity of the video.
However, Khan has defended his alleged remarks, saying that he was merely criticising the “anti-Dalit” and “anti-minority” policies of the BJP-led Government at the Centre.
“What wrong did I sayIJ I just said that the Modi government is against Dalits. I spoke against the policies of the government considering the way it is suppressing the rights and freedom of Dalits, minorities and students and sending them to jail after framing them in false cases,” Khan has said.