Yati Narsinghanand arrested in Haridwar Dharma Sansad hate speech case

New Delhi:Religious leader Yati Narsinghanand was arrested in the Haridwar Dharma Sansad hate speech case on Saturday (January 15), ANI reported. 

This is the second arrest in the case after Waseem Rizvi who is now known as Jitendra Narayan Tyagi was arrested by the Uttarakhand Police in Haridwar’s Roorkee on Thursday. 

Uttarakhand | Yati Narsinghanand has been arrested today, in connection with a case pertaining to derogatory remarks against women. He has 2-3 cases registered against him: CO City, Haridwar pic.twitter.com/mMs1YI6R9x — ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 15, 2022

“Yati Narsinghanand has been arrested today, in connection with a case pertaining to derogatory remarks against women. He has 2-3 cases registered against him,” CO City, Haridwar was quoted as saying by the news agency. 

The Uttarakhand Police had issued notices to Yati Narsimhananda and Sadhvi Annapurna on Thursday for appearance before it. Yati Narasimhanand is the controversial priest of the Dasna Temple in Ghaziabad who had organised the Dharma Sansad in Haridwar from December 17-19, where highly provocative speeches were made against Muslims. Sadhvi Annapurna was one of the speakers at the event who is accused of hate speech. 

The arrests come after the Supreme Court pulled up the Uttarakhand government on Wednesday for not acting against the guilty despite several days since the incident. 

(With agency inputs)

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