Madhya Pradesh HC orders FIR against BJP leader for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday directed that a first information report be registered against state minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Shah for his remarks purportedly targeting Colonel Sofia Qureshi, reported Live Law.
Speaking at an event in Mahu on Tuesday, Shah said that those who had widowed the daughters of India had been taught a lesson by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “by sending the sister from their own community”. The BJP leader repeated the remark immediately after saying it the first time.
While he did not name a person, Opposition parties had alleged that the minister was alluding to Qureshi, one of the official spokespersons during the Ministry of External Affairs’ media briefings relating to Operation Sindoor.
On Wednesday, the High Court bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Anuradha Shukla observed that Shah’s remarks referred to “none other but” Qureshi. It ordered the director general of police to register an FIR against Shah by Wednesday evening, reported Bar and Bench.
If the officer failed to do so, he would face contempt of court proceedings, warned the bench.
The court also observed that with his remarks, Shah had committed an offence under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita Section 152, which criminalises any act that endangers the sovereignty, unity and integrity of the country.
An offence was also made under the Section 192...
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