Mateen Hafeez TNN
Mumbai: Several complaints were filed with the Azad Maidan police on Wednesday over Tuesday’s MNS rally, prominent being a non-cognizable offence against party chief Raj Thackeray for using foul language against Samajwadi Party leader Abu Aasim Azmi during a rally on Tuesday.
The NC was registered under section 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace), at the behest of Sayyed Zakir Chand, an SP member. Cops sent audio and video tapes of Thackeray’s speech to legal experts.
On Wednesday, Farid Batatawala, chairman of Muslim Front, an NGO, filed a written complaint with a copy of a newspaper photo showing Thackeray holding a passport in his hand. “Thackeray should be asked how he got the passport. Had it been lying at the Azad Maidan ground on August 11, the person who picked it up could be a rioter as well. It was Thackeray’s responsibility to hand the passport to police,” the application stated. Batatawala said Thackeray didn’t mention the identity of the person whose passport he displayed, and its date of issue.
Advocate Kanishk Jayant submitted another application to the police, demanding an FIR against Thackeray under the Prevention of Atrocities Act. “Thackeray used foul language while mentioning Indu Mill. Followers of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar know his memorial is likely to come up at the mill. Hence talking about it and using foul language was irresponsible on his part,” Jayant told TOI.
The Times of India, August 23, 2012
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