No interim relief for trio who uploaded video of Jharkhand lynching
PTI, Jul 13, 2019, 9:49 AM IST
Mumbai: A court here Friday refused to provide interim protection from arrest to three men who are accused of uploading an inflammatory video on mobile app Tik Tok following a lynching incident in Jharkhand.
The short video surfaced on the popular video-sharing app after the death of Tabrez Ansari last month.
Mumbai Police filed a first information report (FIR) against Hasnan Khan (21), Mudassir Shaikh (23) and Shadan Farooqui (23) for uploading the video, alleging that they were indulging in hate-mongering.
The video purportedly shows some youths saying, “You may have killed that innocent Tabrez Ansari, but tomorrow if his son takes revenge, do not say that all Muslims are terrorists.”
The police charged the three men, who were said to have a large following on Tik Tok, under IPC section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, etc.), after which they filed an anticipatory bail plea.
Their lawyer Ali Kaashif Khan said police should also hold makers of the mobile app responsible.
He said police also ignored the fact that the accused had in the past uploaded several videos calling for communal harmony and brotherhood.
But Judge D S Deshmukh said he would not pass the order without hearing the prosecution, adjourning the matter to Monday for police to file its reply.
He also refused to grant interim protection from arrest to the accused persons till then.
Ansari was brutally thrashed by a mob for alleged theft in Seraikela-Kharsawan district on June 19. He was also forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”. He died three days later.
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