Uttar Pradesh man’s public ‘rape threat’ against Muslim women sparks hate speech row

A recent clip that has surfaced on social media has sparked a controversy. The video of a saffron-clad man allegedly delivering a hate speech against a community and issuing a "rape threat" surfaced on social media on Thursday, prompting police to initiate a probe into the matter.

As per PTI reports, the two-minute video containing the hate speech is said to have been recorded on April 2 when the man identified as Bajrang Muni Das, the mahant of Maharshi Shri Lakshman Das Udasin Ashram in Khairabad town, was taking out a procession on the occasion of Navratri and Hindu New Year.

The man can be heard making provocative and hateful remains toward a community while addressing a gathering outside of a mosque in Sitapur, according to reports. The man also says that there is a plot to murder him.

Bajrang Das Muni can be heard saying in the video that if any Hindu girl is teased by a man belonging to a particular community, he would himself rape a woman of that community. He also made some more objectionable comments.

It is alleged that when his procession reached near a mosque, he started giving hate speech on a loudspeaker. "I am telling this to you with all the love that if a single Hindu girl is teased by you in Khairabad, I will openly bring your daughter and daughter-in-law out of your home and rape her," he is heard saying in the video.

After the video surfaced on social media, the Sitapur police initiated a probe under Additional Superintendent of Police North Rajiv Dikshit. Legal action will be ensured as per rules on the basis of the facts and evidences that surface in the probe, police said.

This comes as Delhi Police has filed a case against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, who is a priest of Dasna Devi temple, for making inflammatory and offensive remarks while addressing a gathering during a Hindu Mahapanchayat Sabha.

(With PTI inputs)