Influencer arrested for 'sar tan se juda' slogan against BJP's T Raja Singh gets bail
India Today
Hyderabad influencer Syed Abdahu Kashaf was granted bail on Thursday. He was arrested for defending the 'sar tan se juda' protest against BJP MLA T Raja Singh over Prophet remark.
Syed Abdahu Kashaf, a Hyderabad-based influencer and a self-proclaimed social and civil rights activist, was granted bail on Thursday, August 25. He was arrested for endorsing the 'sar tan se juda (beheading)' sloganeering against Telangana's suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh for his Prophet remarks.
An FIR was registered against the influencer, following which he was arrested.
On Monday, Syed Abdahu Kashaf posted a video, raising ‘sar tan se juda’ slogans and urging people to continue their protests against T Raja Singh outside the South Zone DCP's office in Hyderabad.
The next day, T Raja Singh was arrested after a case was filed against him over his remarks about the Prophet. He got bail the same day.
Following Singh's arrest, Kashaf admitted to using the 'sar tan se juda' slogan to protest against the alleged blasphemous remarks and expressed no regret.
"In this protest, I myself used the statement [slogan]. I did not have any intention of doing something unconstitutional. My intention was that the person who abuses or uses ill language against the Prophet, would suffer the punishment 'sar tan se juda'. That is my religious belief," he told India Today TV.
"Hyderabad is totally controlled by us," Kashaf further said when asked about the consequences of the slogans he raised. To recall, in Rajasthan's Udaipur, a tailor was beheaded for a post supporting Nupur Sharma and the culprits were seen raising the slogan in a video released after the crime.
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