A tweet nowadays can be taken as promoting enmity, as is the recent case of AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal according to reports.
Delhi CM Kejriwal’s tweet to why Apple executive Vivek was killed despite he being Hindu was taken seriously by BJP party and an FIR was also filed against Kejriwal for the same.
The FIR was registered by state BJP official spokesperson and lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay on grounds of “promoting enmity on the grounds of caste and religion and defaming BJP leaders,” Indian Express reported.
Responding to the recent killing of 28-year-old Vivek Tiwari, who was a sales manager at tech giant Apple, Kejriwal had tweeted: “Vivek Tiwari toh Hindu tha? Phir usko inhone kyu maara? BJP ke neta pure desh me Hindu ladkiyon ka rape karte ghoom rahe hai? Apni aankho se parda hataiye. BJP Hinduon ki hitaishi nahi hai. Satta paane ke liye agar inhe saare Hinduon ka katal karna pade toh yeh do minute nahi sochenge (Vivek was a Hindu. Why did they kill him then? BJP leaders are raping Hindu girls all over the country. Remove curtains from your mind. BJP is not the well-wisher of Hindus. They won’t even think for two minutes before killing all the Hindus in order to get power).”
“Ek begunaah Hindu ko din dahade goli maar di. Unke hatyare se thane me bitha kar press conference karwate ho. Aapka mantri aapko apradhi ghoshit karta hai. Unke liye jab hum nyay maangte hain to BJP wale kahte hai hamari soch ochhi hai (Killed an innocent Hindu in daylight. You make his killers do a press conference in the police station. Your minister declares you a criminal. When we ask justice for them, you say we have small thinking),” he said in his another tweet on Sunday.
Taking objection of his tweets, lawyer Upadhyay accused him of indulging in “acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, deliberate act to outrage religious feelings of 125 crore Hindus and defaming Hindu daughters and BJP leaders”.
He filed his complaint at New Delhi’s Tilak Marg police station today under sections 153A, 295A, 504 and 505 Indian Penal Code and section 67 of The Information Technology Act.
“Mr Arvind Kejriwal deliberately tweeted the above text for promoting enmity in society on grounds of caste and religion and intentionally doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of social harmony, which is an offence under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860,” Upadhyay’s FIR stated.
“The act of the Hon’ble CM is deliberate, malicious and intended to outrage religious feelings of the 125 crore Hindus, which is an offence under Section 295A of Indian Penal Code,” he added.
Meanwhile, the deceased techie’s wife Kalpana Tiwari who had met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, she was assured of all forms of assistance to the family apart from Rs 20 lakh compensation by the state government.
She met with the CM at his residence along with her brother and two daughters. After the meeting, Kalpana said, “I have said earlier that I have faith in the state government. This faith has been strengthened after meeting the CM. I have lost the capacity to take a stand after the unfortunate incident, which should not have happened. It has shaken me. After meeting the CM, I have gained confidence that I will be able to fulfil the responsibilities my husband left on me.”