30 Arrested For Protesting, Supporting AIMIM Chief Owaisi Over Inciting People On Divisive Lines

FIRs filed against Nupur Sharma, Naveen Kumar Jindal, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Yati Narsinghanand

After protesting outside Parliament Street police station here over an FIR against party chief Asaddudin Owaisi for allegedly posting and sharing messages on social media inciting people on divisive lines, almost 30 people are arrested, said the police officials.

The protest was held on Thursday. A total of 33 protesters, including women, were detained and an FIR was registered for disobedience to order duly communicated by a public servant.

Taking notes from the Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Amrutha Guguloth's statement on Friday, 30 protesters have been arrested under various sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The Delhi Police has registered FIRs against former BJP spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Yati Narsinghanand and others for allegedly posting and sharing messages on social media against the maintenance of public tranquillity and inciting people on divisive lines.

The FIRs were registered after an analysis of social media, they said.

According to a senior police officer, "The cases have been registered against those who were posting and sharing messages against the maintenance of public tranquillity and were inciting people based on divisive lines."

While adding more specifications, the senior police officer said, "One case has been registered against Nupur Sharma and another against multiple social media entities, including Asaduddin Owaisi, Naveen Kumar Jindal, Yati Narsinghanand, Shadab Chauhan, Saba Naqvi, Maulana Mufti Nadeem, Abdur Rehman and Gulzar Ansari, based on the analysis."

Notices will be sent to the social media intermediaries for the details, the police personnel added.