Protests in 14 Maharashtra districts over Nupur Sharma, Jindal’s comments against Prophet Mohammad

Six FIRs were registered against the protesters by the police in Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nandurbar, Ahmednagar, Jalna and Satara city for allegedly holding agitation without taking prior permission from the police.

Kulwant Sarangal, Additional Director General (Law and Order) said, “Protests took place at 14 places across Maharashtra… prominently in Solapur, Jalna and Aurangabad. However, no untoward incident has been reported.”

During a TV debate last month, Nupur Sharma, then BJP spokesperson, had made controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammad, triggering an outrage on social media.

After several Arab countries, including UAE, Qatar and Bahrain, expressed strong concerns over the comments, BJP had suspended Sharma from the primary membership of the party on Sunday. BJP’s Delhi spokesperson, Naveen Kumar Jindal, who had also made derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammed on Twitter, was expelled from the party on June 5.