Bhaderwah man Aadil Gafoor Ganai has been booked under PSA for ‘provocative’ speech during the protest against remarks on Prophet Mohammad.
Earlier, Aadil was arrested for allegedly stoking communal tension as curfew and strict restrictions under prohibitory orders remained in force in parts of Jammu region’s Chenab valley .
The accused Aadil Gafoor Ganai was arrested from his house during an early morning raid on 12 June by police at his residence at Chinar Mohalla locality in curfew-bound Bhaderwah town of Doda district, the officials said.
They said Ganai was accused of delivering an inflammatory speech from Markazi Jamia Masjid Bhaderwah on June 9 during a protest rally against recent remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-suspended BJP leaders and social media posts by a few local right-wing activists in their support.
On the basis of the provocative speech, police had registered a case under section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.