Blasphemous posting on FB sparks communal tension in Hyderabad

08:38PM Mon 14 Nov, 2016

Hyderabad: Blasphemous content sparked tension in old city forcing police to swung into action. The Santoshnagar Police have registered a case of outraging religious feelings in connection with the posting on social networking website. According to the sources people in Santoshnagar found a objectionable poster over facebook defiling Holy place Makkah. The agitated public came on roads staged a protest against the outrageous act of the miscreants.They also demanded the arrest of Vijay Kumar Kanhaiya who allegedly uploaded the blasphemous content. The agitators forced the shopkeepers to down their shutters that resulted chaos in South Zone area. Police force rushed to the effected areas, but the protestors reached near Historic Charminar and raised slogans to register their protest. “We have registered a case in this regard and taking help of the cyber crime experts, a similar case was also registered with the Hussainialam police station three days ago said DCP South Zone V Satyanarayana. The DCP immediately directed the Hussainialam police to register a case under section 295( A) IPC (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion) and 153(A) (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) and taken up investigation.