New Delhi: The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested Bhim Sena chief Nawab Satpal Tanwar for threatening BJP leader Nupur Sharma, who was at the centre of a storm for her alleged insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
According to the Indian Express, Tanwar was arrested by the Special Cell’s Cyber Cell unit from his residence on Thursday, days after the Gurgaon Police registered a case against him for promoting enmity between different groups, abetment, intentional insult and criminal intimidation.
The case was registered on a complaint filed by the BJP youth wing president Sarvapriya Tyagi.
According to the police, Tanwar in a Facebook video put a “bounty of Rs 1 crore” on Sharma and also made threatening remarks.
A senior police officer from the Cyber Cell told IE, “We took cognisance of the video. The man is heard making life-threatening remarks and is trying to spread hatred. We arrested Tanwar from Gurgaon. He has been booked under IPC sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (insult modesty of a woman) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups).”
Comments made by Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal, which allegedly insulted Prophet Muhammad, have caused a diplomatic backlash from several countries and also protests in several parts of India. The BJP has suspended Sharma and expelled Jindal.
In a separate incident, news agency PTI reported that a 26-year-old man was allegedly assaulted in Maharashtra’s Solapur city over a status message in support of Sharma.
Three men have been arrested in connection with the assault, said an official of the MIDC police station in Solapur. Narendra Sriram, the complainant, changed his WhatsApp status message on June 11 to support Sharma.
Some of the accused, who are Sriram’s friends, got angry and abused him. He apologised and the matter was resolved. But on June 13, the four main accused and others allegedly assaulted him near his house,” the official said. Sriram managed to run away from the spot, he added.
Three of the accused have been arrested and investigation is on, the official said. The Wire
