Offence under Atrocities Act registered against AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel

A case has been registered against AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly using the term 'Harijan', police said.

The First Information Report was registered at the Kranti Chowk police station here on Thursday after a Republican Party of India (Athawale) worker lodged a complaint against Jaleel, a former MP and present state unit head of the All India Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen, said an official.

Jaleel, at a press conference on June 11, had made allegations against social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat regarding a land transaction.


The minister belongs to an SC community and Jaleel used the word 'Harijan' repeatedly and thus 'disrespected' the community, the complaint claimed.

The FIR was registered under section 3 (1) (r) of the SC, ST Act for allegedly 'insulting or intimidating a member of a scheduled caste or scheduled tribe with an intent to humiliate, within a public view,' said the police official.