Badaun court orders registration of FIR against Azam Khan on Kashmir remarks
January 18th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by ANIBadaun (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 18 (ANI): A local court here on Tuesday directed the police to register an FIR against Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on the charge of sedition for his controversial remarks on Kashmir.
Chief Judicial Magistrate Pawan Pratap Singh gave the order on an application filed by Bajrang Dal leader U Gupta on January 3.
The court has asked the police to register the FIR under Section 124(A) (Sedition) of IPC and submit its report.
Khan at a rally in Badaun on December 21, 2010, said that Ghulam Nabi Azad is the lone Muslim cabinet minister in the UPA Government, but he is a ‘Kashmiri’.
“There is only one Cabinet Minister named Ghulam Nabi Azad and that too he is not from India, but Kashmir, in that Kashmir where the whole issue is that whether it is a part of India or not,” said Khan. (ANI)
- Azam Khan's controversial remarks on Kashmir provokes harsh criticism - Dec 22, 2010
- Delhi Police file sedition case against Arundhati, Geelani - Nov 29, 2010
- Akhilesh firefights as ministers, officials embarrass government (Uttar Pradesh Newsletter) - May 13, 2012
- Book Geelani, Arundhati, says Delhi court (Second Lead) - Nov 27, 2010
- Azad asks Kashmir separatists to respond to talks offer - Jan 29, 2011
- Samajwadi workers clash with police, leaders detained (Lead) - Mar 08, 2011
- Three killed, 30 injured in Kashmir accident - Apr 18, 2012
- Azad brokers peace in Kashmir town - Oct 15, 2011
- Book Arundhati, Geelani for anti-India speeches: Delhi Court (Lead) - Nov 27, 2010
- Akhilesh Yadav becomes UP's youngest chief minister (Third Lead) - Mar 15, 2012
- Case against Digvijay for calling Ramdev 'thug' - Jun 06, 2011
- Bukhari calls on Mulayam, seeks more Muslim say in governance - Apr 13, 2012
- BSP legislator booked for accident - Sep 10, 2011
- Court orders police to file FIR against Geelani, Roy - Nov 27, 2010
- Delhi court to decide on sedition charge against Roy, Geelani - Nov 27, 2010
Tags: azam khan, cabinet minister, controversial remarks, fir, ghulam nabi azad, gupta, India, ipc, judicial magistrate, kashmir, kashmiri, local court, muslim, pratap singh, rally, sedition, uttar pradesh