Twitter Blamed For Spreading Communal Hatred in India
The complainant demanded an FIR against microblogging site, celebrities, and prominent personalities for provocation of enmity between different religious groups
India has long been facing communal riots between the Muslim minority and Hindus and after a recent incident in Ghaziabad, Delhi police received a complaint against Twitter and few prominent personalities for spreading communal hatred.
In early June, an elderly Muslim man was allegedly assaulted in Ghaziabad, and actress Swara Bhaskar, Twitter MD Manish Maheshwari and journalist Khanum Sherwani raised their voices against the incident.
However, instead of showing support for the alleged victim, a complaint was lodged against the aforementioned people by a lawyer Amit Acharya.
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The complainant demanded an FIR against the nominees and to book them under the law for provocation of rioting, promoting enmity between different groups, mischief, and criminal conspiracy.
Notably, in Ghaziabad, elderly Abdul Samad Saifi was allegedly held captive and beaten by a group of men who forced him to chant a Hindu slogan.
Meanwhile, Delhi police maintained that the incident occurred as Samad provided the suspects with a wrong amulet that didn’t work for them.
Actress Swara Bhaskar, in support of the elderly man, took to his Twitter and posted multiple tweets.
Agree. I can believe a bunch of Muslims beat up an old Muslim man, but forced him to chant #JaiShriRam & cut off his beard?! That really the whole story? Anyway.. Love how Sanghis r conveniently ignoring the prime accused that Pravesh who beat the old man & forced him to chant! https://t.co/wv4XQFSRuj
— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) June 15, 2021
Not only her, but journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani also stood up in support of the Muslim man.
A Muslim man of yr grandfather’s age was brutally slapped,thrashed, kicked,his beard was violently cut while he was forced to chant JaiSriRam.
The cutting of the beard was to insult him for his religious identity.
This happened in the name of Hindus.
Your silence is your approval— Arfa Khanum Sherwani (@khanumarfa) June 14, 2021
After the solace shown by the prominent figures, Amit Acharya accused them of using the incident to communalize and spread hate against the religions.
