Tum sab maroge (all of you will die)” – this was Yati Narsinghanand, one of the religious leaders charged in the Haridwar hate speech case, before co-accused Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi yesterday told the police when they were arrested.
Jitendra Tyagi, Waseem Rizvi before his conversion, is the first defendant to be arrested in a hate speech case for provocative remarks against Muslims in “Dharma Sansad”.
Uttarakhand police have summoned Yati Nasinghanand and another accused, Sadvi Annapurna.
In a video circulating on social media, police can be seen asking Narsinghanand to cooperate with them in taking Jitendra Tyagi into custody.
He was seen sitting in the car and asked why police were arresting Tyagi. Officials explained that they had to make an arrest based on the case against him.
“I’m with him in all three situations. Did he do it alone?” Nelsinghanand asked.
Police can be seen asking him to get out of the car so they can move on, but Narsinghanand seems stubborn.
As the police said “Tyagi understands the situation,” Nasin Hanand replied: “But I don’t. He became a Hindu and counted on our support.”
The former chairman of Uttar Pradesh’s Shiite Central Committee on Religious Beliefs, Wasim Rizvi converted last month and took the name Jitendra Singh Narayan Tyagi. Narsinghanand, chief priest of the Dasna Devi monastery in Ghaziabad, known for his controversial remarks, organized the ceremony.
Just as the officers kept insisting, Narinsinghand was heard saying: “Tum sab maoge, apne baccho ko bhi… (all of you will die, so will your children…”
Haridwar Senior Superintendent Yogendra Rawat told news agency PTI that Tyagi was arrested in Roorkee.
Narsinghanand, Tyagi and Annapurnna were among more than 10 people named in the FIR for their remarks calling for genocide and the use of weapons against Muslims.
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