300 booked for objectionable slogans at protest outside Pune District Collectorate

Pune, August 25

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The police have booked around 300 persons for allegedly raising objectionable slogans during a protest outside the Pune District Collectorate, an official said on Sunday.

A “Sarvdharm Sambhav Mahamorcha” was organised on Friday to protest against the recent purported remarks by religious leader Ramgiri Maharaj against Islam. During the protest, the alleged slogans were raised, the official said.

According to the police, the morcha was organised without permission and the slogans created communal tension and enmity between communities.

The case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for unlawful assembly, promoting enmity on grounds of religion, race and language and doing acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony and under the Maharashtra Police Act.