Prophet Mohammed row: Telangana MLA Raja Singh gets court relief

Hyderabad, August 23: Suspended Bharatiya Janata Party Leader, T Raja Singh, who was earlier arrested for his remark on Prophet Muhammad has been released from jail. This comes after, the Nampally court in Hyderabad returned his remand application and ordered that he be released forth.

 

 

The police sought a 14-day remand but the 14th Additional Magistrate Court, citing procedural lapses such as failure to issue a notice, ordered that he be released immediately.

 

The court accepted Raja Singh's lawyer's argument that the police did not issue a notice under CrPC 41(A) to the accused before the arrest. Police have booked T Raja Singh under sections 153a, 295, and 505 of the Indian Penal Code.

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It should be noted that BJP Central Disciplinary Committee suspended him and slapped a show-cause notice, asking him to explain within 10 days why he shouldn’t be expelled.

 

Trouble began Monday night after Raja Singh posted a video on YouTube against the recent show of stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui.

 

 

 

The MLA made comments against the Prophet in the same video. Following Raja Singh’s release, protests erupted across the city late on Tuesday with huge crowds gathering. In some places like Charminar, Bahadurpura, and Kishanbagh, police patrol vans were seen damaged.