Delhi Police registers FIRs against BJP leader Nupur Sharma, Naveen Jindal among others

New Delhi, June 9
The Delhi Police have registered two FIRs Naveen Kumar Jindal, the expelled head of Delhi BJP’s media unit, journalist Saba Naqvi, Hindu Mahasabha office bearer Pooja Shakun Pandey, Maulana Mufti Nadeem from Rajasthan and Peace Party chief spokesperson Shadab Chauhan.
The FIR has mentioned three other accused identified as Abdur Rehman, Gulzar Ansari and Anil Kumar Meena alongwith these key names.
The Delhi Police filed second FIR against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and other social media users.
The Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of Delhi Police had been monitoring their posts, and found alleged objectionable remarks related to religion.
Sthe officials said that the social media posts could lead to differences between two communities and hurt religious sentiments.
The FIR has been filed under sections for spreading messages of hate, inciting various groups and creating situations which are detrimental to the maintenance of public tranquility.
The IFSO probing the case will investigate the roles of various social media entities in promoting false and wrong information with an intention to create unrest on the cyber space and have ramifications on the physical space, thereby compromising with the social fabric of the country.