Pune: A Pune court has sent Kalicharan Maharaj alias Abhijit Dhananjay Sarg to one-day police custody in a hate speech case. Let us tell you that, he was earlier arrested in Raipur in a case where he allegedly made a derogatory statement against Mahatma Gandhi. At the same time, the police have taken Kalicharan Maharaj into their custody from the Raipur Police.
It is noteworthy that Kalicharan was brought to Pune after a ‘transit remand’ granted by a court in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. After which he was produced in the court.
Pune court sent Kalicharan Maharaj aka Abhijit Dhananjay Sarag to one-day police custody in Pune hate speech case
He was earlier arrested in a case at Raipur where he allegedly made derogatory statements against Mahatma Gandhi. He was recently released on bail.
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The Pune Police had registered a case against Kalicharan, right-wing leader Milind Ekbote, Captain Digendra Kumar (Retd) and others for allegedly making provocative speeches and hurting religious sentiments during an event here. The ‘Shiv Pratap Din’ program was organized by Ekbote-led Hindu Aghadi organization on 19 December 2021 in memory of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj killing Mughal general Afzal Khan.
Later, in the Khadak police station, Kalicharan and others were booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 295 (a) (intentional and malicious intent to outrage religious feelings of any class), 298 (willfully hurting religious sentiments of any person). A case was registered with intent to deliver) and 505(2) (making false statements with intent to cause enmity, hatred or ill-will, relating to spreading of rumors in a religious place).
According to the FIR, all the accused allegedly made provocative speeches with an intention to hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims and Christians and to create communal rift among the people. Cases have also been registered against Kalicharan in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra for his alleged derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi during an event in Raipur. Kalicharan was arrested last week by the Chhattisgarh Police from Madhya Pradesh in that case.