Jharkhand: Pro-Pakistan slogan raised during Owaisi's rally; FIR lodged against AIMIM candidate

AIMIM candidate for Dumri by-election has been booked for alleged ‘pro-Pakistan’ slogan raised during the party chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s public rally in Jharkhand’s Giridih district, a senior official said on Thursday.

Giridih Deputy Commissioner (DC) Naman Priyesh Lakra told PTI that the FIR was lodged at Dumri police station against AIMIM candidate Abdul Mobin Rizvi, as he was the organiser of the programme, one Muzaffar Hasan Nurani and others.

The action came after a video went viral on social media, where it was heard that someone from the audience raised the ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogan during the speech of Owaisi on Wednesday

“It came to our notice that the slogan of Pakistan Zindabad was raised by the audience during the speech of AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi. After observing the video recorded during the speech by the video observation team, it was found that the act is a violation of the model code of conduct and an attempt to disturb communal harmony,” according to an official statement issued by the Giridih district administration.

Pakistan Zindabad slogan in Asaduddin Owaisi’s rally in Jharkhand.

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