Complaint filed against Raj Thackeray for allegedly inciting disharmony over Hindi language
Mumbai: Two city-based advocates, Gunaratan Sadavarte and Jaishri Patil, have filed a police complaint against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, alleging that he incited communal disharmony by opposing the state government's decision to make Hindi compulsory in primary schools.
The advocates have demanded the registration of an FIR and the immediate arrest of Thackeray, citing his alleged role in encouraging public unrest and violation of education laws. The controversy stems from the April 16 directive of the Mahayuti government, which mandates Hindi education in all primary schools, a move aligned with the central government’s New Education Policy.
MNS workers staged protests against the order and publicly burned copies of the government notification. Sadavarte and Patil, affiliated with the Hindustan Mazdoor Sangh, stated in their written complaint to Shivaji Park police that such actions are unlawful and disruptive to children's right to education, which is guaranteed under the Constitution and provided free by the state.
They further alleged that Thackeray is instigating his party cadres to defy the government policy and that MNS supporters are conducting demonstrations without police permission and threatening sellers of Hindi textbooks. The advocates also claimed they have received threats from unknown individuals following their complaint.
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Gurugram Police arrest BJP Yuva Morcha member for spreading fake murder story on social media
New Delhi: Gurugram Police have arrested BJP Yuva Morcha member Hariom Mishra, for allegedly spreading a fabricated and communally sensitive story on social media about the murder of a college student in Gurugram.
Mishra who is also known as Shaurya Mishra had shared a collage of four photographs on his X handle earlier this month. He claimed that a 24-year-old college student, identified as Nikita Agarwal, had been murdered by her classmate Arif Khan in Gurugram. In the post, he alleged that the woman was blackmailed, forced into prostitution, gangraped, and eventually killed. He also claimed that Arif dumped her body in a forest. The claims were presented as being based on police sources.
The post went viral and garnering over 1.5 lakh views, and was amplified by several right-wing social media handles across X, Facebook and Instagram. A verification of the claims revealed that no such incident had taken place in Gurugram. A search of credible news reports showed no record of any such murder. The police said this news would have inevitably attracted media attention if it were true.
On December 11, Gurugram Police publicly refuted the claims through their official X handle. They stated that the information which was being circulated was completely false. The police warned that legal action would be taken against those spreading misinformation. Despite the warning, Mishra neither deleted the post nor issued any clarification.
Police in Gurugram confirmed Mishra's arrest on December 16. The police said a FIR was filed after he continued to spread false information about the alleged murder of a Hindu woman by Muslim man. Police said Mishra, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, is now being investigated.
Gurugram Police spokesperson Sandeep Singh told The Print that the accused had deliberately misrepresented facts and used objectionable content to spread hatred along religious lines. “Such posts can create serious disturbances in society, and the police take these matters very seriously,” he said.
A reverse image search conducted by fact-checkers at Alt News, revealed that the photographs used in the viral post were unrelated to the claims, while two of the images were traced to a Pinterest account belonging to influencer Maulik Chopra and another image was sourced from an Instagram post by influencer Shivam Thakur featuring a woman named Deepanshi Rawat. The fourth image was found on an unrelated Instagram page. The images depicted different individuals and had no connection to any crime.
Police said they are also investigating Mishra’s motive behind sharing the false and provocative content.
