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A case has been registered against Munawwar Rana in Hazratganj police station of Lucknow under sections of inciting religious sentiments. -file photo
Poet Munawwar Rana is in double trouble. The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has refused to stay his arrest for inciting religious sentiments. The court dismissed Rana’s plea. On the other hand, Rana’s health has also deteriorated. He has been admitted to Lucknow PGI Hospital. Rana compared Maharishi Valmiki to the Taliban.
In this case, PL Bharti had lodged an FIR against Rana at Hazratganj Kotwali on August 21. Bharti, the leader of Valmiki Samaj and Samajwadi Sarokar Foundation, alleges that Rana has hurt crores of Dalits of the country. have insulted them. It has also hurt the faith of Hindus. Amarnath Prajapati, General Secretary of Ambedkar Mahasabha, had also filed a complaint against Munawwar and demanded action.
Rana had said this during the TV interview
Rana had said in a TV interview, ‘Maharishi Valmiki is not only the creator of the holy book Ramayana, but Valmiki was also a writer. The Taliban will also be Valmiki after ten years. In Hinduism, anyone is called God. After this statement of Rana, when an FIR was registered against him, he took refuge in the court to avoid arrest. The double bench of the High Court has turned down both their demands for non-arrest and relief in the trial.
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