Mumb🍌ai police on Sunday booked a man for allegedly using Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's image as his Whatsapp profile picture after the issue was raised by a Hindu organisation, an official said on Sunday.
Police detained the man in Vashi, who works in an outle🎃t of a mobile service provider. He was served with a notice of 41 A under The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for an appearance before the police officer.
The screenshot of Aurangzeb's profile picture was submitted to the police by a Hindu organisation, leading to registration of the case under sections 298 (Uttering words, etc, with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) and 153-A (Promoting enmity between different♈ groups on ⛎grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence) of the Indian Penal Code, the official said. Further investigation is underway, he added.
Other incidents of communal tension
The alleged glo♉rification of Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan has triggered inc🏅idents of communal tension in various cities of Maharashtra recently.
In Kolhapur city, protesters pelted stones during a demonstration against the alleged use of Tipu Sultan’s image along with an objectionablꦅe audio message as social media “status” by a few locals on Wednesday.
Earl🎃iꦍer, photos of Aurangzeb were displayed in a procession in Ahmednagar. In Sangamner town, stones were hurled during a rally of Sakal Hindu Samaj in response to the alleged murder of a boy.
Two persons were injured a🐈nd five vehicles were damaged. Separately, a poster of Aurangzeb was displayed with the raising of objectionable slogans during a religious procession, also in Sangamner, police had said.
Ma🌜harashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavi✅s appealed to the public to maintain law and order.
(With inputs from PTI)
