: Yati Narsinghanand Giri booked for hate speech in Haridwar, say police #IndiaNEWS Hindutva supremacist Yati Narsinghanand Giri, who was arrested on Saturday for making derogatory remarks against women,

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Yati Narsinghanand Giri booked for hate speech in Haridwar, say police #IndiaNEWS
Hindutva supremacist Yati Narsinghanand Giri, who was arrested on Saturday for making derogatory remarks against women, has now also been booked in the Haridwar hate speech case, Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar told The Hindu.After the seer was sent to 14 days of judicial custody on Sunday, Haridwar Station House Officer Rakinder Singh Kathait had said that besides Section 509 (intending to insult the modesty of any woman) of the Indian Penal Code, the seer has also been charged under Section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings).Later on Sunday, the Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar told The Hindu that in a first information report filed on January 12, Yati Narsinghanand had been booked for making derogatory remarks against women. The police had served him a notice on January 14 under Section 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code, asking him to join the investigation whenever summoned, Kumar said.“When he did not honour the notice, he was arrested in both the cases – for hate speech and making derogatory remarks against women,� the police officer said. “We sought his judicial remand from [the] court and he has been sent to 14 days judicial custody.�Another unidentified officer told The Hindu that police did not seek the seer’s custody as it was...Read more

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