MUMBAI: Mumbai Police commissioner Sanjay Pandey on Monday said that they would soon be sending summons to the suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson
Nupur Sharma asking her to appear before them to record her statement for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prophet Muhammad during a television news debate recently.
The Pydhonie police had registered a first information report last Saturday based on the complaint lodged by Irfan Shaikh, the joint secretary of Raza Academy, a Muslim outfit.
Sharma was charged under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 295 of deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs, 153 A of promoting enmity between groups and 505 (2) of statements conducing to public mischief.
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