Bhopal: FIR Against BJP Leader For Provocative Speech, Threats

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Jehangirabad police on Wednesday registered an FIR against BJP leader and member of the state working committee of the party Krishna Ghadge for allegedly making a provocative speech at Jehangirabad Crossing during the assembly on the occasion of Hanuman Janmotsav in the night on April 27.

The case has been registered on the complaint of Congress leader Yashwant Yadav who said that such speech poses threat to communal harmony and may incite violence. TI at Jehangirabad police station Ashutosh Upadhyay said an FIR has been registered against Ghadge under relevant sections of BNS and further investigation is underway.

In his complaint given to police, Congress leader Yashwant Yadav said he came across a video of Ghadge on his Facebook page on April 28 in which he was addressing a crowd at Jehangirabad Crossing on April 27. Ghadge issued life threats to Congress MLA Arif Masood during the speech and used slurs and sentences like ‘Kutto ko chhodenge nahi’ and ‘Pakistani agents jo yahan sun rahe hain’ (won’t spare dogs and Pakistani agents here, who are listening).

Making a complaint on the basis of the video, Yadav demanded the police to question Ghadge regarding who were the Pakistani agents present there at the crossing and take action against them. Meanwhile, corporators Shirin Khan and Naseem Ghafoor also handed over a memorandum to Jehangirabad police demanding an investigation and action against Ghadge for spreading communal hatred through provocative speech and issuing threats to MLA Arif Masood.