Lucknow: In Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, Mahant Bajrang Muni of Sangat Ashram, who had threatened Muslim women with rape, has been arrested. Sitapur police had registered an FIR in this case six days ago after Mahant’s video went viral. Mahant had apologized while releasing the video after the video of the hate speech went viral. The National Commission for Women had also taken cognizance of the hate speech. Commission’s chairperson Rekha Sharma had written a letter to the Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh for immediate intervention in this matter and for registering an FIR against Mahant and his immediate arrest.
Actually, a video of Mahant Bajrang Muni Das of Badi Sangat based in Khairabad in Sitapur went viral. In the video, Bajrang Muni was making indecent remarks towards the women of a community. The viral video is being told of April 2. It is being said that he had said this remark during the procession taken out on the occasion of Nav Samvatsar.
The video showed Mahant purportedly threatening to kidnap and rape Muslim women while addressing a gathering outside a mosque in Sitapur district. He was saying that if someone harassed a girl in a Muslim area, he would kidnap Muslim women and rape them in public. In this video of hate speech, a policeman was also seen in the background.
Mahant Bajrang Muni arrested, made inappropriate remarks against women
Lucknow: In Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, Mahant Bajrang Muni of Sangat Ashram, who had threatened Muslim women with rape, has been arrested. Sitapur police had registered an FIR in this case six days ago after Mahant’s video went viral. Mahant had apologized while releasing the video after the video of the hate speech went viral. The National Commission for Women had also taken cognizance of the hate speech. Commission’s chairperson Rekha Sharma had written a letter to the Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh for immediate intervention in this matter and for registering an FIR against Mahant and his immediate arrest.
Actually, a video of Mahant Bajrang Muni Das of Badi Sangat based in Khairabad in Sitapur went viral. In the video, Bajrang Muni was making indecent remarks towards the women of a community. The viral video is being told of April 2. It is being said that he had said this remark during the procession taken out on the occasion of Nav Samvatsar.
The video showed Mahant purportedly threatening to kidnap and rape Muslim women while addressing a gathering outside a mosque in Sitapur district. He was saying that if someone harassed a girl in a Muslim area, he would kidnap Muslim women and rape them in public. In this video of hate speech, a policeman was also seen in the background.