FIR registered against Madhya Pradesh BJP leader for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi
A first information report was registered against Madhya Pradesh minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Shah at the Manpur police station in the Indore district on Wednesday night for his remarks purportedly targeting Colonel Sofia Qureshi, PTI reported.
This came hours after the Madhya Pradesh High Court had directed Director General of Police Kailash Makwana to register a case against Shah.
Besides, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav also issued directions for action against Shah.
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 foreign ministry and defence ministry’s media briefings relating to Operation Sindoor.
The FIR has been registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India [Section 152], an act having an adverse effect on mutual harmony between communities [Section 196(1)(b)] and for making statements about a member of a community that adversely affect communal harmony [Section 197(1)(c)], Live Law reported.
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