An FIR has been registered against an organisation for shouting slogans against the SC/ST community and burning a copy of the Constitution during a protest at Parliament Street, the police said on Friday.
The police said Anil Tanwar, the national incharge of Akhil Bhartiya Bheem Sena, filed a complaint at Parliament Street police station in connection with burning of a copy of the Constitution and shouting of slogans against B.R. Ambedkar and the SC/ST community by protesters from Youth for Equality on Thursday.
“The complainant also provided a CD containing a video of the incident, in which some protesters are seen burning a copy of the Constitution and shouting slogans,” said DCP (New Delhi) Madhur Verma, adding that a case under relevant sections of the IPC has been registered.
The issue was also raised in the Delhi Assembly by Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam, who said a group had raised slogans against Dr. Ambedkar and burnt a copy of the Constitution. He urged the Speaker to ask the Police Commissioner about the action taken in the case.
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