According to the FIR, some of the recent tweets by Usmani 'hurt' religious sentiments. Earlier this year, Usmani was booked for his speech during an Elgar Parishad event.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh Wednesday said police have conducted a probe into video clippings of the Elgar Parishad conclave at which Usmani spoke and a case has been registered against him.
The Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly also said that the Shiv Sena-led state government did not register an FIR against Usmani despite demands by BJP.
The chargesheet alleges the accused, including Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, entered into a conspiracy to commit an illegal act to disturb societal harmony.
The 930-page supplementary chargesheet was filed under Sections 13 (unlawful activities), 16 (terrorist act), 17 (raising funds for terrorist act) and 18 (conspiracy) of UAPA.
Yogendra Yadav is afraid that if Muslims start voting for a Muslim-led party, then secular fronts will become just representatives of different castes.
Usmani was picked by UP's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) sleuths from Azamgarh on Wednesday and was subsequently produced in a court which remanded him in judicial custody.
Armani built a multibillion-dollar global brand from something as simple as an unstructured jacket, and broke down the walls between formal and casual.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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