Haridwar Dharma Sansad: Uttarakhand police sends notices of appearance to Jitendra Tyagi, Sadhvi Annapurna

Jitendra Narayan Tyagi and Sadhvi Annapurna have been sent appearance notices for allegedly delivering hate speeches against Muslims at a Dharma Sansad held in Haridwar from December 16 to 19. 

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand police has sent notices of appearance to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi and Sadhvi Annapurna who are accused of delivering hate speeches against Muslims at a Dharma Sansad held recently in Haridwar.

Jitendra Narayan Tyagi was earlier known as Waseem Rizvi, the president of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board. Rizvi had changed his name after converting to Hinduism.

Haridwar Kotwali police station SHO Rakender Singh Kathait said on Wednesday, "We have sent notices of appearance to Rizvi and Sadhvi Annapurna so far. A notice may also be sent to Dharamdas who is the third one named in the FIR lodged in this connection."