Rampur/Meerut: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has been booked for sedition for his alleged derogatory comments against the army, even as extremist right-wing outfits offered monetary rewards for his head and tongue. FIRs were registered against Khan at Chandpur and Civil Lines police stations. An FIR was registered against Khan under IPC sections 124 A (sedition), 131 (abetting mutiny) and 505 (public mischief) at Chandpur police station on Friday, station officer Ajay Kumar Singh said. The SP leader had kicked up a row recently with his comments that “excesses by security forces had led women in some places chopping off the private parts of army men”. Goraksha chief Mukesh Patel termed Khan a “terrorist” and offered Rs51 lakh to the person who will bring “Khan’s head”.

Source: Mint July 01, 2017 11:48 UTC