Gujarat police detain Islamic preacher from Mumbai in hate speech case; supporters gather outside police station
After Azhari was brought to the Ghatkopar police station, his supporters gathered outside the police station demanding his immediate release. The crowd also impacted traffic in the area.
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Junagadh police arrested two persons Saturday after a video of an inflammatory speech allegedly delivered by the preacher went viral on social media. (Photo: Screengrab from video/X/@ANI)A team from the Gujarat police reached Mumbai and detained Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari in connection with a case of hate speech it is probing.
After Azhari was brought to the Ghatkopar police station, his supporters gathered outside the police station demanding his immediate release. The crowd also impacted traffic in the area.
Junagadh police arrested two persons Saturday after a video of an inflammatory speech allegedly delivered by the preacher went viral on social media. The speech was delivered at an event held on an open ground near the ‘B’ division police station in Junagadh on the night of January 31, he said.
#WATCH | Mumbai: Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari who was arrested in a hate speech case requested his supporters not to protest and said, “…Neither am I a criminal, nor have I been brought here for committing a crime. They are doing the required investigation and I am also… https://t.co/rQHuf6LNK1 pic.twitter.com/7a8vZ32O46
— ANI (@ANI) February 4, 2024
After the video went viral, an FIR was registered against Azhari and local organisers — Mohammad Yousuf Malek and Azim Habib Odedara — under Indian Penal Code sections 153B (promoting enmity between different religious groups) and 505 (2) (making statements conducive to public mischief). While two persons were arrested in the case, the Gujarat police was looking for Azhari who was detained from Ghatkopar.
The police is likely to take his transit remand from a Mumbai court and take him to Gujarat for further probe.
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