Nanded, May 25: A police officer in Nanded has issued notice to a mosque to refrain from criticising the BJP-led Maharashtra government’s ban on cow slaughter and sale of beef. It appealed to the mosque to avoid sermons against the ban and asked it to desist from participating in protests.
The notice urges to the head of the mosque to “cooperate” with the police.
It was issued under Section 149 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which says, “Every police officer may interpose for the purpose of preventing and shall, to the best of his ability, prevent, the commission of any cognisable offence.”
The notice has irked Muslim bodies and opposition parties, which accused the police machinery of curbing freedom of speech and expression while infringing upon religious rights.
Former Chief Minister and Congress State president Ashok Chavan accused the BJP-Sena government of attempting to polarize the State “religiously and socially” while lashing out at it for curtailing the right to protest.
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