AIMIM supporters protest lodging of FIR against Owaisi
June 09, 2022  19:50
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AIMIM supporters on Thursday held a protest outside Parliament Street police station in New Delhi after party chief Asaddudin Owaisi was named in an FIR for allegedly posting and sharing messages on social media against the maintenance of public tranquility and inciting people on divisive lines, officials said. 

Over 30 people have been detained, police said. 

"AIMIM supporters were protesting outside Parliament Street police station. A total of 33 protesters, including women, were detained and an FIR was registered under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code," a senior police officer said. 

The Delhi police registered FIRs against former BJP spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand and others for allegedly posting and sharing messages on social media against the maintenance of public tranquility and inciting people on divisive lines, officials said on Thursday.

The FIRs were registered after an analysis of social media, they said. -- PTI
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