Telangana BJP MLA held over Prophet remark after massive protests in Hyderabad

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Hyderabad,
Aug
23:
Telangana
BJP
MLA
T
Raja
Singh
was
held
by
the
police
on
Tuesday
for
making
alleged
derogatory
remarks
against
the
Prophet
Muhammad.

A
case
was
registered
against
the
BJP
MLA
after
protests
broke
out
on
Monday
night
in
Hyderabad
after
he
released
a
video
talking
about
the
Prophet.

According
to
various
reports,
the
protests
took
place
in
front
of
city
police
commissioner
CV
Anand’s
office
and
other
parts
of
Hyderabad
on
Monday
night.

The
protesters
said
Singh
hurt
the
sentiments
of
the
community
and
demanded
his
immediate
arrest.
Police
took
the
protesters
into
custody
at
the
commissioner’s
office
in
Basheer
Bagh
and
shifted
them
to
several
police
stations.

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Raja
Singh’s
comments
on
Prophet
Muhammad
have
lead
to
scores
of
people
protesting
on
the
streets
demanding
his
arrest.
Following
his
video,
the
BJP
MLA
was
booked
by
the
Dabeerpura
police
for
his
remarks.
Many
people
were
also
taken
into
custody
by
the
police
on
Tuesday
after
protests
broke
out.

What
did
he
say?

T
Raja
Singh,
the
MLA
from
Goshamahal
in
the
city,
had
last
week
tried
to
disrupt
a
comedian
Munawar
Faruqui
show.
He
had
even
threatened
to
stop
Faruqui’s
show
and
said
he
would
burn
down
the
set
at
the
venue.
He
was
placed
under
house
arrest
for
the
threat.
The
show
then
passed
off
peacefully.

In
the
10
minute
27
seconds
long
video,
Singh
allegedly
made
derogatory
remarks
on
the
Prophet
in
the
video.

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Sharma
should
have
apologised
to
the
nation
on
TV’:
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on
Prophet
row

“….I
thought
to
myself,
‘He
is
abusing
Lord
Ram
and
Sita’ so
I
should
research
about
the
almighty
of
his
and
people
who
wear
round
caps
(Muslims).
The
moment
I
did
it,
I
found
something
very
shocking
in
a
video.
The
video
said
it
s
about
a
53-year-old
man.
In
that,
it
says
that
the
man
married
a
six-year-old
(referring
to
the
Prophet
Muhammad).,”