AIMIM chief Owaisi, Yati Narsinghanand among social media users booked by Delhi Police

The Delhi Police on Thursday said that All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi and controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand are named in one of the two first information reports (FIR) registered by its special cell the previous day against various people for allegedly spreading hate and hurting religious sentiments.

Owaisi and Yati Narsinghanand have been booked for their alleged inflammatory remarks on social media, the police said Thursday.

Former Delhi BJP media unit head Naveen Jindal, who was expelled from the party, and former party spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who was suspended, are among the people named in the FIRs.

Deputy commissioner of police (cyber cell) KPS Malhotra said that the police on Wednesday registered a case against social media users for spreading hate, inciting groups and disturbing public tranquillity.

One of the FIR names, besides Jindal, writer and journalist Saba Naqvi, Hindu Mahasabha office-bearer Pooja Shakun Pandey, Maulana Mufti Nadeem from Rajasthan and Peace Party chief spokesperson Shadab Chauhan, Abdur Rehman, Gulzar Ansari and Anil Kumar Meena.