Eight held in Rajasthan for raising 'pro-IS' slogans

The police detained eight persons on Saturday for allegedly shouting slogans in support of the Islamic State (IS) during a rally in Tonk district’s Malpura area on Friday.

“About 200 people had marched from the mosque through the Malpura town shouting slogans against Kamlesh Tiwari [of the Hindu Mahasabha in Uttar Pradesh, who had recently made remarks against Prophet Muhammad] and demanding that he be hanged. Some miscreants in the mob started shouting pro-IS slogans,” said Tonk Superint-endent of Police Deepak Kumar. “A case was filed [on Friday] under Section 153 (A) of the Indian Penal Code (promoting enmity between different communities) against known and unknown persons and we detained eight persons [on Saturday].”