A case has been filed against BJP national spokesperson Nupur Sharma in Mumbai over her alleged remarks on Prophet Muhammad during a television show.
The Police filed the case at the Pydhonie Police Station area in Mumbai under sections 295A, 153A and 505B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) after a complaint by Raza Academy, a Sunni Barelvi organisation of Indian Sunni Muslims, for her alleged ¡°remarks on the Holy Prophet on a National channel¡±.
Earlier on Friday, Sharma had alleged that she has been receiving death and rape threats on social media after a ¡°so-called fact-checker¡± circulated a heavily edited video from one of her recent debates on a TV channel on the Gyanvapi mosque case.
¡°There is a so-called fact-checker who has started to vitiate the atmosphere by putting out a heavily edited and selected video from one of my debates last night. Ever since I¡¯ve been receiving death and rape threats, including beheading threats against me and family members,¡± Nupur Sharma told ANI on Friday.
Nupur alleged that an Alt News proprietor posted an edited video to encourage trolls against her and said that he should be held ¡°responsible¡± if any harm befalls her family.
¡°I¡¯ve tagged the Police Commissioner and Delhi Police. I suspect there¡¯ll be harm done to me and my immediate family members. In case there¡¯s any harm done to me or my family members Mohammed Zubair, who I think is a proprietor of Alt News, is completely responsible,¡± she stated.
"If I was wrong, then the fact-checkers should rectify the facts, rather than sending death threats to me. Please come forward and correct the facts. It¡¯s not right, it¡¯s completely illegal. He (Zubair) is not a fact-checker, he is a fake-spreader,¡± she added.
Further, Nupur said that she is collating all the threats against her and will file a complaint in the matter.
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