Kalicharan Maharaj taken to Maharashtra from Chhattisgarh for interrogation

Maharashtra police have taken Kalicharan Maharaj, who was arrested for ‘disrespectful comments on Mahatma Gandhi’, to Maharashtra on transit remand from Chhattisgarh police on 5 January 2022. He can be first taken to Pune after which to Thane on Thursday, the place he can be introduced earlier than a court docket in a case booked in opposition to him for criticizing Mahatma Gandhi. On 30 December 2021, Hindu non secular chief Kalicharan Maharaj, who’s well-known for his well-known reciting of Shiv Tandav Stotra, was arrested by the Chhattisgarh police from Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. When arrested, he was at Wagheshwar Dham.
Kalicharan Maharaj is now taken to Pune by the Maharashtra police who had sought his transit remand to the Chhattisgarh police. A staff of Pune police was caught in Raipur for 2 days. The staff had sought transit remand of Kalicharan Maharaj in entrance of the District and Sessions Court. Their request acknowledged that the accused has been booked beneath severe expenses in Maharashtra as properly. For interrogation, it’s essential to take him into custody. The court docket accepted the remand software of the Maharashtra police on 4 January 2022. Maharashtra police, after receiving the order from the court docket, introduced the identical to the Raipur central jail and took the transit remand of Kalicharan Maharaj.
Maharashtra police staff that constituted of eight members had arrived at Raipur on Sunday. The staff first utilized earlier than the court docket for the transit remand on Monday, however the software was dismissed. On Tuesday, the staff utilized once more, responding to which the court docket has granted them custody. The order additionally says that Maharashtra police should current Kalicharan Maharaj again in entrance of the Raipur court docket earlier than 13 January 2022.
Violation of Protocols whereas arresting from BJP dominated MP
While the staff of Maharashtra police has left Raipur and headed in direction of Pune, the promptness in following the protocols proven by the police departments of each the states is a cause to boost the eyebrows. It is famous that when the Chhattisgarh police arrested Kalicharan Maharaj, the MP authorities had alleged that they weren’t given prior knowledgeable in regards to the arrest and therefore it’s a violation of the protocol. The authorities of Madhya Pradesh had acknowledged that the arrest of Kalicharan Maharaj from Khajuraho by the Chhattisgarh police was in violation of interstate protocols. Madhya Pradesh DGP was instructed to boost an objection to his Chhattisgarh counterpart on this matter.
#WATCH Raipur Police arrests Kalicharan Maharaj from Madhya Pradesh’s Khajuraho for alleged inflammatory speech derogating Mahatma Gandhi(Video supply: Police) pic.twitter.com/xP8oaQaR7G— ANI (@ANI) December 30, 2021
Prompt compliance in relation to Congress dominated Maharashtra
In sharp distinction with what occurred with the arrest in MP, the Raipur police prolonged full help and stood by the protocols when it got here to cope with the police of one other congress dominated state Maharashtra. In order to make sure zero hassle to the Maharashtra police staff, the Raipur police had despatched two particular comply with groups as much as the border between the 2 states.
It is famous that the NCP chief and Housing Minister of Maharashtra, Jitendra Awhad had filed a case in opposition to Kalicharan Maharaj for criticizing Mahatma Gandhi. Kalicharan Maharaj had made the alleged statements in a Dharm Sansad in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 26 December 2021. In his feedback, Kalicharan Maharaj criticized Gandhi for India’s partition and hailed Nathuram Godse for killing Gandhi. After the video of his speech went viral, Jitendra Awhad approached Naupada police and filed a criticism in opposition to Kalicharan Maharaj. A case was filed based mostly on the criticism beneath Sections 294, 295A, 298, 505(2) and 506(2) of the Indian Penal Code.