Case filed against AAP MLA for hate speech

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 4

The Delhi Police has registered a case over Aam Aadmi Party’s Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan allegedly using derogatory words against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and inciting communal passion while speaking at a government event last month. 

A non-cognisable report under the Indian Penal Code section 504 (intentional insult and provocation for breaking public peace) has been filed at the Kotwali police station in north Delhi. 

The event was organised by the Delhi Government’s Urdu Academy at Red Fort on February 16.

“The accused has been caught on camera delivering a hate speech in a video which is going viral on social media in which AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan used derogatory remarks against Modi-government and incited the crowd to gherao the house of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh,” the FIR stated.

The complaint was filed by Vivek Garg who is a resident of Shakti Nagar and is a lawyer and RTI activist. He filed the complaint with Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma on Wednesday. Garg had sought an FIR for waging war against the government.