Haridwar’s main defendant, Yati Narasimhanand, who was arrested last month on charges of inciting genocide against religious minorities and other cases, has been released.

The Dasna temple was released on bail on February 7 on hate speech charges but remains behind on other charges against him, including offensive language against women and abuse of journalists under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). allegations. .

On Thursday, a district court in Dehradun released him on bail on hate speech charges, along with all other charges.

Soon after walking out of the Haridwar district jail, Narasinghanand went to the Sarvanand ghat to resume his hunger strike, demanding the release of co-accused in the hate speech case, Jitendra Narayan Tyagi. Talking to media, the Dasna priest said that his release with Tyagi remaining behind bars did not mean anything. Narasinghanand said that he will continue his protests till Tyagi is released. The Uttarakhand high court will hear Tyagi’s bail plea on February 21.

Notably, Tyagi was previously known as Waseem Rizvi. He is chairman of the Shia Central Religious Council of Uttar Pradesh and adopted a new name after converting to Hinduism.

Narasinghanand organized a three-day religious conference called “Dharma Sansad” in Haridwar last December, where he could be called upon to commit genocide and use weapons against Muslims. Video of the incident went viral on social media, sparking outrage.

In an interview last month, the Hindu priest said those who believed in the constitution, the Supreme Court, politicians and the military “will die like dogs.” Afterwards, Mumbai-based activist Shachi Nelli wrote to India’s attorney general, KK Venugopal, asking for a contempt case against Narasinghanand. The attorney general later responded to Nellie’s letter, acknowledging the contempt lawsuit against the priest.

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