Ajmer Dargah cleric arrested for ‘beheading’ remark against Nupur Sharma
An FIR was filed against the dargah ‘khadim" after a video came about of Chishti purportedly saying he would give his house and property to anyone who brings Sharma’s head to him
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Ajmer, July 6: The Rajasthan police have arrested Ajmer Dargah cleric Salman Chishti for allegedly making provocative statements against suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, and announcing a bounty to anyone who decapitates her.
“Chishti is a history-sheeter at the Dargah police station,” the station house officer, Dalbeer Singh Foujdar, said.
Earlier, four people were arrested in connection with another provocative speech allegedly delivered at the main gate of the Ajmer Dargah on June 17.
The remarks made by Sharma against the Prophet were also invoked by the accused in the murder of a tailor in Udaipur, Kanhaiya Lal. The assailants identified themselves as Mohammad Riyaz and Ghouse Mohammad, boasted about the “beheading”, and were later arrested.
Last week, the SC refused to entertain Sharma’s plea to club FIRs against her in different states with the one in Delhi over her remarks on the Prophet. The court said she has a “loose tongue” and is “single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country”.
An FIR was filed against the dargah ‘khadim’ Monday night after a video came about of Chishti purportedly saying he would give his house and property to anyone who brings Sharma’s head to him. Chishti is heard saying that he would have shot her dead for insulting Prophet Mohammad.
According to police, Chishti made the video in an inebriated condition. Ajmer Assistant Superintendent of Police Vikas Sangwan said Chishti 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.
“Chishti is a history-sheeter at the Dargah police station,” the station house officer, Dalbeer Singh Foujdar, said.
Condemning the video, office of Ajmer Dargah Dewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan has said the shrine is seen as a place of communal harmony. The views expressed by the ‘khadim’ cannot be considered a message from the dargah, it said.
The remarks made by Sharma against the Prophet were also invoked by the accused in the murder of a tailor in Udaipur, Kanhaiya Lal. The assailants identified themselves as Mohammad Riyaz and Ghouse Mohammad, boasted about the “beheading”, and were later arrested.
Last week, the SC refused to entertain Sharma’s plea to club FIRs against her in different states with the one in Delhi over her remarks on the Prophet. The court said she has a “loose tongue” and is “single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country”.