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Lucknow: An FIR has been registered against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh at Chowk police station here for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the Shia community.
“An FIR under Section 153 A of the IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race etc) has been lodged against Amar Singh for making a speech on November 4 here that hurt sentiments of Shia community,” said SHO NP Singh.
The FIR was lodged by some Shia community leaders who said Singh had compared Kalyan Singh with Karbala martyr Janabe Hur hurting their sentiments. Singh in his speech had said, “Kalyan nahi, ye Hur hai, BJP ka Bhasmasur hai, (Kalyan is like a Hur, who will finish the BJP),” alleged Shia Youth Front president Mohammad Zulfikar.
Front activists also burnt an effigy of Amar Singh at Bada Imambara. Singh was in the state capital to campaign for party nominee from Lucknow (West) Bukkal Nawab.
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