Ajmer Dargah Cleric Arrested For Call To 'Behead' Nupur Sharma Over Prophet Remark

Ajmer Police said that Chisti made the provocative video in an inebriated condition.

Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Ajmer Police have arrested a cleric of the Ajmer dargah who was caught on camera allegedly saying that he will give his house to anyone who beheads suspended BJP spokesperson Numpur Sharma for her controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammad. According to a PTI report, the police said that accused 'khadim' Salman Chisti is a "history-sheeter" and that he might have recorded the video in an inebriated condition. The Ajmer police had registered an FIR against him on Monday night.

"Salman Chisti was caught last night (Tuesday)... He is a history-sheeter at the Dargah police station," Dargah police station SHO Dalbeer Singh Foujdar said.

Ajmer Assistant Superintendent of Police Vikas Sangwan said Chisti was caught at his residence in Khadim mohalla.

"Prima facie, he made the video in an inebriated condition. He is being interrogated further," the ASP added.

What is in the video?

The cleric was purportedly seen in the video asking people to bring Nupur Sharma's head to him. He can be heard saying that he would gift his house to anyone who brings Sharma's head to him. Chishti is also allegedly heard saying he would shoot her dead for insulting the Prophet.

"You have to give a reply to all Muslim countries. I am saying this from Ajmer, Rajasthan, and this message is from Huzur Khwaja Baba ka darbar," he purportedly says in the video, referring to the Sufi shrine that sees many Hindu visitors, apart from Muslim devotees.

Last week, four people were arrested in connection with another provocative speech allegedly delivered at the main gate of the Ajmer dargah on June 17.

Though that video was in circulation earlier, the arrests were made following the killing of an Udaipur-based tailor Kanhaiya Lal by two men, who said they were avenging an insult to Islam.

The two men were, however, caught by the police when they were fleeing on a motorcycle in Rajsamand. In all, five people have been arrested in connection with the murder case, which is being handled by the National Investigation Agency.

(with PTI inputs)