Owaisi, Waris Pathan, Kapil Mishra booked

WHILE PATHAN IS THE PRIME ACCUSED, OWAISI AND MISHRA ARE SECOND AND THIRD ACCUSED, RESPECTIVELY.

HYDERABAD: All India Majlis-e-ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has been booked by the police for alleged provocative speeches related to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the National Population Register (NPR).

Former AIMIM legislator from Maharashtra Waris Pathan and BJP leader Kapil Mishra have also been booked for their hate speeches.

Moghalpura inspector of police A Ravi Kumar said a case has been registered on Thursday at the behest of the seventh additional chief metropolitan magistrate court at Nampally in Hyderabad, based on a petition filed by political activist Namdhari Balakishan Rao. “We are verifying the contents of the petition,” Kumar said.

The case has been registered under sections 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 117 (abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Owaisi and Pathan could not be reached for comments.