New Delhi: Former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay is going to be arrested in connection with a recent video showing anti-Muslim slogans being raised during a protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi police informed on Monday.
"Ashwani Upadhyay and others involved in yesterday's incident to be arrested. Delhi Police is handling the matter as per law and any communal disharmony will not be tolerated," news agency ANI quoted the Delhi Police as saying.
Earlier, the Delhi Police registered an FIR against unknown persons after "inflammatory, anti-Muslim slogans" were allegedly raised at Jantar Mantar on Sunday.
According to reports, Communal slogans were chanted at Jantar Mantar during a march for 'Colonial Laws and Make Uniform Laws' organised by a Supreme Court lawyer and former spokesperson of the Delhi BJP, Ashwini Upadhyay, after which the FIR was registered.
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"People who had gathered there had no permission. It has come to our notice that some people raised inciting & objectionable slogans. We also received a video. We've registered FIR& we're carrying out further investigation. Necessary action will be taken", said DCP New Delhi Deepak Yadav, as quoted by ANI.
Purported videos on social media show people raising slogans at Jantar Mantar against the Muslim community. The videos were taken under consideration by the police to check their authenticity and identify the accused in the case.
Meanwhile, Ashwini Upadhyay has denied having any link with the communal videos. In a video statement posted on Twitter, the former BJP spokesperson had alleged that the videos were made to defame him and his 'Bharat Jodo Andolan'.