Swami Kamlananda sent to 14-day judicial custody

Swami Kamlananda Bharati was remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a Secunderabad court in on Sunday for the hate speech he delivered recently in Hyderabad. Earlier, the police in Hyderabad on Monday arrested the spiritual leader for allegedly making a hate speech against Muslims.

The police arrested him in Srisailam, about 250 km from Hyderabad. He is being brought to Hyderabad, police said. Two cases were booked against
him by the police in two police stations in the old city.

Bharati has served as president of Hindu Devalaya Parirakshana Samithi, a committee fighting for the protection of Hindu temples.

He was arrested for allegedly making offensive remarks at a rally in Hyderabad Jan 8.

The rally was organised to condemn the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi's hate speech against Hindus. Owaisi was arrested last week.

- IANS