Kalicharan Maharaj conveyed hate speech against Mahatma Gandhi
On Wednesday, The Pune police took custody of Kalicharan Maharaj from Raipur in connection with a case pertaining to alleged inflammatory speeches registered against him and five others in Pune.
The officials said, Following the transit remand granted by a court at Raipur in Chhattisgarh, the religious leader was being brought to Pune where he will be produced in a court later in the day.
An official from Khadak police station said, "We have taken custody of Kalicharan from Chhattisgarh Police and he is being brought to Pune now."
The Pune police had registered the case against Kalicharan Maharaj, right-wing leader Milind Ekbote, Captain Digendra Kumar (retired) and others for allegedly making inflammatory speeches during an event here and hurting religious sentiments.
The event, 'Shiv Pratap Din', was organised by Ekbote-led Aghadi outfit on December 19, 2021 to celebrate the killing of Mughal commander Afzal Khan by Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
After that, the case was registered at Khadak police station under IPC Sections 295 (A) (deliberate and malicious intention of outraging religious feelings of any class), 298 (deliberate intention of wounding religious feeling of any person) and 505 (2) (false statement, rumor made in place of worship, etc, with intent to create enmity, hatred or ill-will).
According to the FIR, all the accused allegedly made inflammatory speeches with an intention to hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims and Christians and to create a communal rift between people.
Kalicharan Maharaj is also facing cases in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra for his alleged derogatory remarks against Father of the Nation during an event in Raipur.
Last week he was arrested by the Chhattisgarh Police from Madhya Pradesh in connection with the same case.
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