Panaji, May 3 (PTI) Goa Congress leader Girish Chodankar on Sunday said he was questioned for three hours by police in connection with an FIR registered against him for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
Talking to reporters, he said his social media post, on which the case was registered, was against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and not against Hindus.
He was booked for quoting an ‘aarati’ to draw attention on pollution caused in Mandovi river by offshore casinos. Following a protest outside the state police headquarters here by several hundred persons under the banner of the Hindu Ekta Samiti, who accused him of distorting a Durga ‘aarti’, Chodankar was booked.
“How can I hurt the sentiments of Hindus when I myself am Hindu? I was asked all sort of questions for over three hours. They had a list of 150 questions which they asked me. I showed them the concerned video and told them it was against the BJP and not against any religion,” Chodankar said.
The Congress leader appeared at Mapusa police station at around 4pm after he was issued a notice to do so in connection with the FIR.
The case has been registered to put political pressure on him, Chodankar claimed.
Chodankar, tribal leader Govind Shirodkar and social worker Warren Alemao were booked in three separate case for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, as per police. PTI RPS BNM
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