New Delhi. An Associate professor of Delhi University’s Hindu College was arrested on Friday night for his objectionable social media on ‘Shivling’ found inside Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque complex.
Ratan Lal was arrested under Indian Penal Code sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 295A (deliberate act to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion) by the Cyber Police Station, North.
An FIR was lodged against Ratan Lal on Tuesday night based on a complaint filed by a Delhi-based lawyer. In his complaint, advocate Vineet Jindal said Lal had recently shared a “derogatory, inciting and provocative tweet on the Shivling”.
Meanwhile, defending his post earlier, Lal had said, “In India, if you speak about anything, someone or the other’s sentiment will be hurt. So, this is nothing new. I am a historian and have made several observations. As I wrote them down, I have used very guarded language in my post, and still this. I will defend myself.”
