Hindustan Times (Jalandhar)

SEDITION CASE SLAPPED ON ANOTHER PROTESTER

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ROHTAK :Haryana Police on Tuesday booked another Jat protester on sedition charge for offensive remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the dharna site in Jassia village of Rohtak district.

The accused, identified as Chintu of Chhara village in Bahadurgar­h town, was booked under Sections 124-A (sedition), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 109 (abetment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Chintu was allegedly speaking against registrati­on of a sedition case against another protester, Sombir, on Monday for his “beheading” remark against Modi during the Balidan Divas programme on Sunday. Chintu allegedly made a similar statement as that of Sombir’s.

Taking cognisance of the audio of the statement shared on social media, cops registered a case against him at the Sadar police station in Rohtak late of Tuesday evening.

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