Swami Kamlananda Bharati, a Hindu Religious Leader has been arrested  and sent to 10 days of Jail for allegedly making a hate speech against the Muslims in Hyderabad yesterday.
Police said Monday that Bharati was arrested on Sunday night in Srisailam, about 250 km from here. He was brought to Hyderabad and was produced before a court, which remanded him to 14 days of Judicial custody.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Hyderabad police took him into custody with regard to the cases booked against him in Mir Chowk and Dabeerpura police stations in the old city. The cases were registered on complaints made by some Muslims.
The president of Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi, a committee fighting for protection of Hindu temples, had allegedly made offensive remarks at a rally in Hyderabad Jan 8.
The rally was organised to condemn Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi’s hate speech against Hindus. Owaisi was arrested last week.
Amid tight security, the saffron-clad leader was later shifted to Cherlapally Central Jail on the city outskirts.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Hyderabad police arrested Bharati Sunday night in Srisailam town of Kurnool district, about 250 km from here.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and other rightwing Hindu groups have condemned Bharati’s arrest. They alleged that he was arrested on Sankranti day when he had gone to the pilgrim town of Srisaialam for performing some rituals.