Delhi Police has started a sedition case against DelhiMinority Commission chairman Zafarul Islam Khan for his remarks on the socialmedia.
An FIR was registered even as Khan apologised and removedthe “controversial post.”
Delhi Police Special Cell registered the FIR on thecomplaint of a Vasant Kunj resident. The complaint came to the Lodhi Colonyoffice of the special cell, after the assistant commissioner of police (ACP)Safdarjung Enclave forwarded it.
The investigation has been handed over to special cellinspector Praveen Kumar.
According to the FIR, the copy of which is with IANS, Khanhas been booked under several sections of the Indian Penal Code — 124 A(sedition) and 153 A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds ofreligion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc,).
Khan on April 28 had posted comments on his Facebook page.”Mind you, bigots, Indian Muslims have opted until now not to complain tothe Arab and Muslim world about your hate campaigns and lynchings and riots.The day they are pushed to do that, bigots will face an avalanche,” Khanhad written on Facebook.
However, the Delhi Minorities Commission’s chief on Fridayhad apologised for his remark and had said that he never tried to tarnish theimage of India. He also removed the controversial post from the social media.
Meanwhile, a pubic statement has been issued in solidaritywith Zafarul Islam Khan by a group of NGOs and citizens which condemned themedia trial targeting Khan.
The statement demanded legal action against those who aredistorting Khan’s Facebook post and spreading false propaganda against him.