Major cities witness huge protests after Friday prayer on remarks on Prophet
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New Delhi: People today after Friday prayer gathered outside the Delhi Jama Masjid in protest against penal no-action stand of the government over the derogatory remarks on Prophet Mohammed by the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
A similar protest was also staged in of Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kanpur and Firozabad. There were reports of stone pelting in Prayagraj, and police charging on protestors.
The police forces beefed up the security where the situation remained volatile.
The protestors wanted Sharma should be arrested for her remarks, which invited the Muslim countries' ire with a call to boycott Indian products.
Scores of people, carrying placards, shouted slogans against Sharma.
A senior police officer said that while some of the demonstrators left the site after some time, others continued to protest.
Delhi Police has registered an FIR against 31 people, including AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand, and filed a separate case against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for allegedly spreading hate and hurting religious sentiments.
The two FIRs were registered on Wednesday after a social media analysis, they had said.
Former Delhi BJP media unit head Naveen Kumar Jindal, who was expelled from the party over his alleged remarks against the Prophet Mohammed, and journalist Saba Naqvi have been named in the FIR.