Via PTI
KORBA: Some folks were booked in Korba district in Chhattisgarh after a video appearing them taking a pledge to make India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ went viral on social media, police mentioned on Saturday.
After the video got here to gentle, through which an individual recognized as Pramod Agrawal and a couple of others have been noticed taking a pledge, a case was once registered because the language utilized by them may just disturb communal cohesion, mentioned Korba Superintendent of Police Bhojram Patel.
They have got been booked by way of Kotwali police station underneath IPC phase 153A (selling enmity between other teams on grounds of faith, race, fatherland, place of dwelling, language, and so forth., and doing acts prejudicial to upkeep of cohesion), the SP added.
Within the video, some folks may also be noticed taking a pledge that citizens of Bakimongra right here, as staunch Hindus, will make India a Hindu country, and “will prolong industry, social and financial fortify to our Hindu brethren” and take steps to improve Hindutva by way of using most effective Hindus in “our institutions, our houses, and our companies”.
Kotwali Station Area Officer (SHO) Ramendra Singh mentioned an FIR was once lodged at the criticism of native resident Sitamani Kunwar however no arrest has been made as but.
