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The Hindu
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Legal Correspondent

FIR lodged in Dharam Sansad case, Delhi Police tell Supreme Court

Doing a virtual U-turn, the Delhi Police have informed the Supreme Court about the registration of a first information report (FIR) against a Dharam Sansad programme for promoting enmity and deliberately insulting religious feelings.

Days after the earlier affidavit denied evidence of vitriol at the programme, the police, in their latest affidavit, said they would investigate the case in “accordance with the law”.

The earlier affidavit of the police, which maintained that the programme had not been about hate but “empowering one’s religion”, had drawn flak from the Supreme Court.

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