Case towards Congress chief Digvijaya Singh over social media publish on Jain temple

By PTI

DAMOH: The Madhya Pradesh Police have registered a case towards Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh following an alleged deceptive publish on his X social media account over a Jain temple in Damoh district, an official mentioned on Wednesday. Singh later deleted the publish.

Rajya Sabha member Singh, in a publish on August 27 on his official X account, claimed that some “alleged anti-social elements of Bajrang Dal” ransacked the Jain temple advanced at Kundalpur (in Damoh) on August 26 evening and stored a ‘Shiv Pindi’ there.

Singh tagged the publish to the MP chief minister and director normal of police.

He, nonetheless, later deleted the publish.

Damoh Superintendent of Police Sunil Tiwari mentioned following a grievance, the Kotwali police have registered a case towards Singh below Indian Penal Code sections 153-A (selling enmity between completely different teams on grounds of faith), 177 (furnishing false info) and 505(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) for the publish on Kundalpur Jain temple.

He mentioned after a spot investigation of the Kundalpur Jain temple by the sub-divisional Justice of the Peace and sub-divisional officer of police, the information concerning the incident was discovered to be “without facts and misleading”.

Kundalpur Trust Committee chairman Chandrakumar Bajaj additionally denied such an incident within the temple.

Bajrang Dal’s metropolis convener Shambhu Vishwakarma mentioned his outfit’s staff had submitted a memorandum to the police towards Singh’s “misleading” publish concerning the Kundalpur temple advanced, following which the police registered an FIR towards the Congress chief.

Singh needs to be arrested instantly for “disturbing communal harmony”, he mentioned.

DAMOH: The Madhya Pradesh Police have registered a case towards Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh following an alleged deceptive publish on his X social media account over a Jain temple in Damoh district, an official mentioned on Wednesday. Singh later deleted the publish.

Rajya Sabha member Singh, in a publish on August 27 on his official X account, claimed that some “alleged anti-social elements of Bajrang Dal” ransacked the Jain temple advanced at Kundalpur (in Damoh) on August 26 evening and stored a ‘Shiv Pindi’ there.

Singh tagged the publish to the MP chief minister and director normal of police.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

He, nonetheless, later deleted the publish.

Damoh Superintendent of Police Sunil Tiwari mentioned following a grievance, the Kotwali police have registered a case towards Singh below Indian Penal Code sections 153-A (selling enmity between completely different teams on grounds of faith), 177 (furnishing false info) and 505(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) for the publish on Kundalpur Jain temple.

He mentioned after a spot investigation of the Kundalpur Jain temple by the sub-divisional Justice of the Peace and sub-divisional officer of police, the information concerning the incident was discovered to be “without facts and misleading”.

Kundalpur Trust Committee chairman Chandrakumar Bajaj additionally denied such an incident within the temple.

Bajrang Dal’s metropolis convener Shambhu Vishwakarma mentioned his outfit’s staff had submitted a memorandum to the police towards Singh’s “misleading” publish concerning the Kundalpur temple advanced, following which the police registered an FIR towards the Congress chief.

Singh needs to be arrested instantly for “disturbing communal harmony”, he mentioned.