The Tamil Nadu police have booked Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) leader and Tamil nationalist chief S Seeman for hate speech in opposition to migrant people from north India and Hindi audio system, officers privy to the problem stated on Sunday.
The movement got here after Seeman in a public assembly performed beforehand of the Erode east bypoll on February thirteen stated that north Indians and Hindi audio system ought to be treated an iron fist withinside the nation.
On March eleven, election strategist Prashant Kishor had demanded movement in opposition to Seeman through tweeting a 45-2d video clip of his speech. On Saturday, police stated that they discovered he had made objectionable remarks in opposition to Hindi audio system and booked Seeman.
Earlier, a case became filed in opposition to Seeman on February 22 for his comments at the Dalit network in the course of the equal speech below the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, 1989, a police officer stated. Police have now brought greater sections in opposition to him over his remarks in opposition to Hindi audio system consisting of 153 (b) (c) and 506 (1) referring to crook intimidation.
A senior authorities authentic informed HT that Seeman ought to had been booked even in advance as rumours and faux films claiming migrant labourers have been attacked in Tamil Nadu alarmed humans withinside the nation and the relaxation of the usa during the last weeks.
eleven FIRs were registered through the Tamil Nadu police in opposition to the ones allegedly spreading faux news, such as Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai, the Twitter deal with of the BJP`s Bihar unit @BJP4Bihar, BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao, Dainik Bhaskar editor Mohammed Tanveer, OpIndia net portal`s CEO Rahul Roushan and its editor Nupur Sharma.
