Haridwar hate videos: Uttarakhand DGP Ashok Kumar says no UAPA
The Hindu
Event did not lead to killings, no explosives found, videos pulled down from Facebook, he says
A day after the Uttarakhand police registered a First Information Report (FIR) regarding a where calls were made for violence against Muslims, State Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar said the hate videos had been pulled down from Facebook.
The FIR named Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi as an accused as it was based on a complaint filed by a local resident, who only mentioned “Wasim Rizvi and others”, he stated. The programme was organised between December 17 and 19.
The police registered the case under Section 153A of the IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion), entailing a maximum punishment of five years.