Sharjeel Usmani booked for sedition in Lucknow FIR
An FIR below a number of fees, together with sedition, has been registered in opposition to former Aligarh Muslim College scholar chief Sharjeel Usmani in Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station in connection along with his speech on the Elgaar Parishad conclave final month, officers mentioned on Wednesday.
The FIR used to be registered at the grievance of 1 Anuraj Singh, who advised police that he discovered a video of the speech on Web. He has accused Usmani of “growing hate” in opposition to the Yogi Adityanath govt, selling enmity amongst teams, hurting spiritual sentiments and conspiring in opposition to the federal government.
The FIR has been registered below IPC sections 124 A (sedition), 153 A (selling enmity between other teams), 295 A (planned and malicious acts meant to outrage spiritual emotions), 298 (uttering phrases with planned intent to wound the spiritual emotions) at the side of sections of the IT Act.
