The Maharashtra and Gujarat Police arrested Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari in Mumbai on Sunday for allegedly giving an inflammatory speech. Mufti Salman was detained on the Ghatkopar police station as a whole lot of his supporters gathered outdoors the station demanding his fast launch.
An official advised PTI information company that police lathicharged Mufti’s supporters as site visitors within the space was disrupted.
The cleric additionally addressed his supporters from contained in the police station and requested them to not protest. “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 cooperating with them. I am ready to be arrested if it is my destiny,” mentioned Mufti Salman Azhari.
Mufti and two others had been arrested beneath Sections 153B (selling enmity between completely different non secular teams), 505 (2) (statements circulated to incite offence in opposition to a neighborhood) of the Indian Penal Code days after a speech he made in Gujarat’s Junagadh was circulated on-line.
The 2 others — Mohammad Yousuf Malek and Azim Habib Odedara — are native organisers and had been already arrested by the Gujarat Police earlier than Mufti’s detention. The Gujarat Police then reached out to the Maharashtra Police in search of assist to arrest the cleric.
Mufti’s lawyer mentioned round 35 to 40 police personnel in civilian garments arrived at his home on Sunday morning. He added that the cops refused to tell them of the aim of their go to.
“After coordinating with Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari, they (police) said that a case has been lodged under 153 B, in Gujarat. Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari came to the police station with them and also cooperated, but there is no reply yet,” he added.
