Lucknow: Former Governor of Uttar Pradesh Aziz Qureshi has been ordered because of the incitement of his assignment which was accused of opposing the Yogi Aditentalath government in the state, the police said on Monday.
FIR was filed following a complaint by the BJP leader Akash Kumar Saxena at the Civil Line Police Station in the Rampur District on Sunday.
In his complaint, Saxena accused after visiting the Jamajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and met his wife Tazeen Fatma, Qureshi made a demeaning statement against the Yogi Aditentalath government and compare it with “demon sucking blood”.
“The statement can create tensions between two communities and create riots in the community,” Saxena said in his complaint.
The BJP leader also handed over to the police a pen drive which contained a statement of alleged Qureshi which was aired by various news channels.
Qureshi was ordered below in section 153a (promoting hostility between two groups with religious reasons, races), 153b (imputation, prejudice statement on national integration), 124A (seasutant), and 505 (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b) Alarm to the public), said a senior police officer.
Qureshi (81), is the leader of the senior Congress and has served as Governor of Mizoram from 2014 until 2015.
He also collected Uttar Pradesh for some time.
Police said the action would be taken according to law.