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HYC founder booked for poster with footwear print on Raja Singh photo
Hyderabad Youth Courage (HYC) founder Salman Khan was booked by Mehdipatnam Police on August 14 for allegedly putting up an objectionable poster of Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh near his house. The…
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Hyderabad Youth Courage (HYC) founder Salman Khan was booked by Mehdipatnam Police on August 14 for allegedly putting up an objectionable poster of Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh near his house. The complaint, filed by a Mangalhat resident, said videos showed Khan and two others erecting a poster with a footwear print on Raja Singh's photo. The poster reportedly carried text calling the MLA an "accursed one who insults the Prophet."
A case has been registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for promoting religious enmity, outraging religious feelings, intentional insult, and public nuisance. Instagram and Facebook removed the videos after the complaint. Mehdipatnam Station House Officer S Mallesh told Siasat.com that police are still verifying the complaint.
The Indian Opinion
This case risks becoming a mirror for both sides to grandstand. One camp will call it blatant religious hate speech; the other will see it as free expression against an MLA notorious for communal rhetoric. What gets lost is the core fact: a poster with a footwear print on a public figure's photo is designed to provoke, not persuade. The test will be whether police apply the same standard to previous similar acts by Raja Singh or others. Filing an FIR is easy, equal justice is not.
Source: siasat.com
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