inflammatory speech Gujarat Police, which is investigating a case of murder, first detained and then arrested Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari from Mumbai on Sunday. A police officer gave this information. Due to the arrest, the supporters got angry and created a ruckus.
Mufti was brought to Ghatkopar police station, supporters created ruckus
The officer said that Mufti Salman has been brought to Ghatkopar police station. Meanwhile, Mufti’s supporters created a ruckus in protest against her arrest. Hundreds of Mufti’s supporters gathered outside the police station demanding her immediate release, causing traffic jam in the area. He said that the police have tightened security outside the police station.
#WATCH , Mumbai: Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari who was arrested in a hate speech case requested his supporters not to protest and said, "…Neither am I a criminal, nor have I been brought here for committing a crime. They are doing the required investigation and I am also… pic.twitter.com/7a8vZ32O46
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Mufti appealed to the supporters to maintain peace
Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari, who was arrested in the hate speech case, has requested his supporters not to protest. Speaking to his supporters, he said, neither am I a criminal, nor have I been brought here in connection with a crime. They are doing necessary investigation and I am also supporting them. If it is my fate then I am ready to be arrested.
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A police official said that the police of Junagadh, Gujarat had arrested two people in this connection on Saturday after an inflammatory speech allegedly given by the preacher surfaced on social media. He said that this speech was given at a program organized in an open ground near ‘B’ Division police station here on the night of January 31. An FIR was registered against Azhari and local organizers Mohammad Yusuf Malik and Azim Habib Odedara under sections 153B and 505 (2) of the Indian Penal Code after the video of the inflammatory speech went viral on social media.
Mufti’s lawyer told the whole story of the arrest
Wahid Sheikh, lawyer of Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari, who was arrested in the hate speech case, said, 35-40 policemen in civil dress reached the house of Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari in the morning. When we asked him about the purpose of his coming here, he did not give any information. After meeting Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari, the police said that a case has been registered under 153B. Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari came with him to the police station and also cooperated, but there was no talk about releasing him.