A complaint was lodged with local police against music composer Vishal Dadlani for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Jains through his tweets on noted monk Tarun Sagar.
Jain community members, led by city Mayor Gautam Shah, marched to Ellisbridge police station to lodge a complaint against Dadlani and one Tahseen Poonawala for posting tweets against Tarun Sagar.
The complaint was lodged by BJP's Kaushik Jain.
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A case has been registered against the duo under section 66 of the Information Technology Act, and under sections 153 (promoting enmity between groups), and 295 (outraging religious feelings) of the Indian Penal Code, but yet to register an FIR.
Ellisbridge Police Station Inspector B S Rabari said, "Police will investigate the complaint first before deciding about registering FIR against them."
The Mayor told reporters that comments made by Dadlani and Poonawala have offended the religious sentiments of Jain community "and so we felt it was necessary to file a complaint against them."
Kaushik Jain said his community wants police to arrest Dadlani and Poonawala.
Earlier, Dadlani had come under sharp criticism from several quarters, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, for posting a "sarcastic" tweets on Sagar's address in the state Assembly, where he was invited by Haryana government to deliver a lecture 'Kadve Vachan' on Friday.
After drawing a severe flak, Dadlani had tendered an apology for his tweet and also deleted it.
He also apologised to the Jain monk, who appears nude, on Twitter.
Dadlani, a staunch AAP supporter, yesterday announced quitting "all active political work" but maintained it was his own decision to quit the party.
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A complaint was filed against Dadlani and Poonawala in Chembur police station in Mumbai yesterday under sections 153 (promoting enmity between groups), and 295 (outraging religious feelings) of the Indian Penal Code.
However, police have not yet registered an FIR against them, a senior official said today.
The complaint was filed by one Kushal Mehra, police said, adding, they are investigating the matter on basis of which they will decide whether to file an FIR.
