MUMBAI: Following calls for his arrest from Muslim organisations for remarks he made about the Holy Prophet Mohammad, Indian police detained a state lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Tuesday on suspicion of “promoting hostility in the name of religion” (PBUH).
T Raja Singh, a politician from the Telangana state in southern India, was detained months after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fired a spokesperson for comments she made about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), which sparked diplomatic retaliation against India.
Joel Davis, a top police official in Hyderabad, said, “He has been accused of inciting hatred in the name of religion.””He is being held, and he will be arrested. This relates to the most recent video he posted.”
The elderly man had married a female who was decades younger than him, Singh claimed in the video, which is available on social media and appears to be a reference to the Holy Prophet (PBUH).
