Lucknow, Feb 4 (TIWN) A case has now been registered against Sharjeel Usmani at the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow in connection with his controversial speech at Elgar Parishad, in Pune, Maharashtra.

The Lucknow FIR, according to the Indian Express, too is against Usmani’s speech at the Elgar Parishad event of 2021 and based on the complaint of one Anuraj Singh, who says he saw the speech online. According to Singh, Usmani is propagating hate against the Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh.  The Lucknow FIR has been registered under IPC sections 124 A (sedition), 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups), 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings), 298 (uttering words with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings) along with sections of the IT Act.  On Tuesday, an FIR had been filed against Usmani in Pune, after opposition BJP in Maharashtra had accused him of hurting religious sentiments and a BJP member, Pradip Gavade, filed a police complaint. Sedition charges were not a part of this FIR.