Hindu Mahapanchayat: FIR against Twitter users for inciting hatred

Delhi Police have registered a case against those Twitter users who posted controversial content, in the backdrop of Hindu Mahapanchayat Sabha, which police said could have incited enmity, hatred and ill-will between two communal groups, an official said on Monday.

As per the official, the FIR was registered under section 505 (2) (Statements conducing to public mischief) of IPC at Mukharjee Nagar police station. DCP Usha Rangnani earlier said due legal action was being taken against those spreading rumours and misinformation using various platforms, including social media.

She also shared the said controversial tweets. In one of the posts, news portal Article 14 had tweeted, "5 journalists, 4 of them Muslim, 1 on assignment for @Article14live, have been taken by police to Mukherji Nagar police station in Delhi after a

mob at #Hindu #dharamsansad discovered their religion, attacked them & deleted videos."

In another tweet, shared by Delhi Police, a journalist had written, "I and @mdmeharban03 were beaten up because of our muslim identity by Hindu mob. Communal slurs were shouted on me at Hindu mahapanchayat at Burari ground in New Delhi. We had gone there to cover the event. We were called jihadis and attacked for being Muslims."

The programme -- Hindu Mahapanchayat Sabha -- was organised on Sunday at Burari ground in Delhi. Police said some of the speakers there, including Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, Priest of Dasna Devi Temple and Suresh Chauhanke, Chief Editor of Sudarshan News, uttered words promoting disharmony.