Dehradun Jan 21 PTI Two courts in Haridwar have rejected the bail pleas of Yati Narsinghanand and Jitendra Narayan Tyagi who have been arrested in connection with the controversial Dharma Sansad where alleged hate speeches against Muslims were deliveredOn January 16 a Haridwar court had sent Narsinghanand the organiser of the Dharma Sansad and the head priest of Dasna temple to 14-day judicial custodyHe was arrested on January 15 from Sarvanand Ghat of the Ganga where he was staging a satyagraha against the arrest of Tyagi two days agoTyagi was formerly known as Waseem Rizvi and changed his name after converting to HinduismThe court of the chief judicial magistrate in Haridwar rejected the bail application of Narsinghanand while the court of the additional district and sessions judge dismissed Tyagis plea after virtual hearings held on ThursdayThe Dharma Sansad was held in Haridwar from December 17-19 Two FIRs have been lodged in Haridwar against more than 10 people including Narasinghanand and Tyagi in connection with the highly provocative speeches against Muslims delivered at the eventA special investigation team is probing the case PTI ALM DIV DIV

Dehradun Dec 27 PTI Two more persons have been booked in connection with hate speeches delivered against Muslims at a Dharma Sansad in Haridwar recently The names of Swami Dharamdas and Sadhvi Annapurna were added on Saturday in the FIR lodged after available footage of the event was scanned Haridwar Kotwali SHO Rakinder Singh said on Monday Initially only Waseem Rizvi who had assumed the name of Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi after converting from Islam to Hinduism had been named in the FIR lodged on Thursday last week The FIR has been lodged under Section 153A of the IPC promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place of birth residence language Extremely provocative speeches inciting violence against Muslims were allegedly made by participants at the event held at Ved Niketan Dham in Haridwar for three days from December 16 to 19 It was organised by Yati Narasimhanand the priest of Dasna temple in Ghaziabad PTI ALM RDK RDK

Dehradun Dec 24 PTI An FIR has been lodged against Jitendra Narayan Tyagi and others in connection with alleged hate speeches delivered at a Dharma Sansad in Haridwar to incite violence against the minorities police said on Friday Tyagi who changed his name from Waseem Rizvi after converting to Hinduism earlier this month and other speakers at last weeks event have been accused of making extremely provocative speeches and some video clips of it are doing the rounds on social media Haridwar Kotwali Police station SHO Rakinder Singh said the FIR was registered on Thursday under IPC Section section 153A -- promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion race place of birth residence language -- and the matter is under investigation The FIR has been registered on the basis of a complaint by a resident of Jwalapur area in Haridwar Asked about the video clips being shared on social media the official said the police is not in possession of any footage of the event yet A senior TMC leader had demanded on Thursday immediate action against the organisers and speakers of the event held at Ved Niketan Dham in Haridwar for three days last week Trinamool Congress national spokesman Saket Gokhale lodged a complaint in this connection at Jwalapur police station asking the SHO to register an FIR in the matter within 24 hours Gokhale who shared a copy of his complaint on his Twitter handle set a deadline of December 27 for the police to arrest the organisers of the Dharma Sansad and those who delivered inflammatory speeches against Muslims and other minorities at the event If an FIR is not registered against those involved within 24 hours a complaint will be made to a judicial magistrate Gokhale said in his complaint to the SHO At the event several speakers allegedly made inflammatory and provocative speeches calling for the killing of people from the minority communities and invoking people to take up arms and shooting a former prime minister The Dharma Sansad was allegedly organised by Yati Narasimhanand Giri of Juna Akhada who is already under police scanner for making hate speeches and inciting violence against the minorities in the past PTI ALM SMN SMN