AIMIM demands Narsinghanand’s arrest for Anti-Muslim remarks
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has called for the immediate arrest of Yati Narsinghanand Giri Saraswati, head priest of Dasna Devi Temple in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
A delegation of AIMIM leaders led by Party Chief Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi met Commissioner of Police Hyderabad, CV Anand, and submitted a representation to take legal action against Yati Narsinghanand. This demand comes in response to a series of inflammatory statements allegedly made by the priest during a recent Dussehra gathering, targeting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
The controversy erupted when videos of Narsinghanand’s speech spread on social media, angering Muslims nationwide. According to the complaint, Narsinghanand made inflammatory remarks, urging Hindus to burn Prophet Muhammadeffigies instead of the traditional effigy of Ravana during Dussehra. AIMIM said his comments against Prophet Muhammed prima facie amounts to hate speech, delivered against one set of religious community with an ill intention to target and outrage the sentiments of one particular community- Muslims, who are all followers of Prophet Muhammed and hold him to the highest regard.
Owaisi leads protest against Yati Narsinghanand’s hate speech
AIMIM has demanded the arrest of Narsinghanand and the removal of the offending video from major social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. They urged the Hyderabad commissioner to direct all social media intermediaries to remove the video clippings of Yati Narsinghanand Giri Saraswati made against Prophet Muhammed to maintain public order and prevent law and order issues in Telangana and Hyderabad.
Further they requested to register the criminal case against Yati Narsinghanand Giri Saraswati, Head Priest/Mahant of Dasna Devi Temple, Ghaziabad District, Uttar Pradesh Under Sections-196(1)(a),(b)and(c), 299, 351, 352, 353(1)(b)(c), 353(2), 353(3) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Section-66A, 66F, 67 Information Technology Act, as well as under relevant provisions of Unlawful Activites Prevention Act (UAPA) and arrest him immediately for making Hate Speech, highly condemnable, derogatory, filthy, abusive and obnoxious statements.
