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UP: FIR filed against Muslim cleric for allegedly making derogatory remarks on kanwariyas
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The police in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district have filed a case against a Muslim cleric for allegedly making derogatory remarks about kanwariyas, PTI reported.
“Can those who assault police personnel in uniform be called Shiva devotees?”
“Can those who smash the windows of a school van and injure children be called Shiva devotees?”
On August 3, a group of kanwariyas who were travelling on motorcycles had allegedly attacked a school van in Lucknow after a minor accident.
The dispute prompted some of the kanwariyas to allegedly damage the van’s rear windshield and side mirror, before they fled.