Mumbai man arrested for using Aurangzeb‘s picture on social media profile. An FIR was filed by Navi Mumbai police on Sunday against a man for allegedly using Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s image as his Whatsapp profile picture after a Hindu organization raised the issue, an official said.
In Vashi, police apprehended a man who works at a mobile service provider’s outlet. He was allowed to leave and was given a notice.
According to the official, a Hindu organization submitted a screenshot of Aurangzeb’s profile picture to the police, which resulted in the case being registered under sections 298 (Uttering words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) and 153-A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, or residence) of the Indian Penal Code.
He also stated that more investigation is being conducted.
As a Mumbai man was arrested for using Aurangzeb’s picture on his social media profile, several incidents of communal tension have recently occurred in Maharashtra over the alleged glorification of Aurangzeb and Tipu Sultan.
On Wednesday, protesters pelted stones at a demonstration in Kolhapur city against the alleged use of Tipu Sultan’s image along with an objectionable audio message as a social media “status” by a few locals.
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Earlier, photos of Aurangzeb were paraded through Ahmednagar. Stones were thrown during a Sakal Hindu Samaj rally in Sangamner town in response to the alleged murder of a boy. Two people were hurt, and five cars were damaged.
Separately, during a religious procession in Sangamner, a poster of Aurangzeb was displayed, along with the raising of objectionable slogans, according to police.
