FIR against Uttarakhand YouTuber who harassed two Jain monks; he apologises
6 months, 3 weeks ago

FIR against Uttarakhand YouTuber who harassed two Jain monks; he apologises

Hindustan Times  

DEHRADUN: A YouTuber in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district was on Monday booked for hate speech by the state’s special task force after he allegedly pestered two Digambar Jain monks for not wearing clothes, police said on Tuesday. A first information report was registered against Suraj Singh Pharswan of Ratgaon village in Tharali block of Chamoli district, following orders by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami after a short video clip of his interaction with the two monks went viral. Suraj Singh Pharswan has been booked under sections 153-A, 295-A of the Indian Penal Code and 67-A of the Information Technology Act at Devprayag police station in Tehri Garhwal. Additional superintendent of police, Tehri, JR Joshi said: “We took cognisance of the video in which the accused was seen repeatedly asking the Jain monks why they were walking around without clothes.

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