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Haridwar hate speech: First arrest made in Dharma Sansad case

By way of PTI

DEHRADUN: Within the first arrest within the Dharma Sansad hate speech case, Waseem Rizvi, aka Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, used to be arrested from Roorkee in Haridwar district on Thursday.

Rizvi who modified his title to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi after changing to Hinduism is amongst greater than 10 other people named within the FIRs lodged in reference to the case.

He used to be previously the pinnacle of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board.

Waseem Rizvi used to be arrested from Narsan border, Roorkee, Haridwar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Yogendra Rawat instructed PTI.

That is the primary arrest within the case.

Some contributors on the Dharma Sansad held in Haridwar from December 17-19 had been accused of handing over extremely provocative speeches in opposition to Muslims.

When requested whether or not extra arrests will practice, the SSP stated it is going to rely on how the investigation progresses.

The Uttarakhand executive used to be below super force from other quarters to do so in opposition to those that had delivered the speeches on the match.

Even the Preferrred Courtroom had pulled up the state executive on Wednesday for now not performing in opposition to the in charge even such a lot of days after the incident.