Setu row: Police register case against Vedanti
The city police have registered a case against former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti, who allegedly issued a 'fatwa' against DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
By PTI |
CHENNAI: The city police have registered a case against former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti, who allegedly issued a 'fatwa' against DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
Acting on a complaint by one Dhananchezhian, a city resident, police filed the case on Monday night.
The case was registered against Vendanti for "promoting enmity between various communities, committing acts prejudicial to maintaining communal harmony and making statement conducive to public mischief," police said.
The complainant said the 'fatwa', allegedly issued by Vedanti saying that a person, who beheaded Karunanidhi for his anti-Ram remarks would be rewarded with gold, could affect communal harmony and disturb peace in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, police arrested 16 DMK activists for the Sunday's attacks on the offices of BJP and Hindu Munnani here.
All of them were remanded to 15 days judicial custody by a magistrate.
Acting on a complaint by one Dhananchezhian, a city resident, police filed the case on Monday night.
The case was registered against Vendanti for "promoting enmity between various communities, committing acts prejudicial to maintaining communal harmony and making statement conducive to public mischief," police said.
The complainant said the 'fatwa', allegedly issued by Vedanti saying that a person, who beheaded Karunanidhi for his anti-Ram remarks would be rewarded with gold, could affect communal harmony and disturb peace in Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, police arrested 16 DMK activists for the Sunday's attacks on the offices of BJP and Hindu Munnani here.
All of them were remanded to 15 days judicial custody by a magistrate.
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