Three booked for provocative speech in Karnataka

A case has been registered against three people including a Bajrang Dal leader on charges of delivering a "communally provocative" speech during a function at Puttur last month.

The case was registered against the trio following a complaint from a member of Puttur town committee of Popular Front of India (PFI).

The complainant alleged that the Bajrang Dal leader in his speech had said that not even a small piece of land would be provided for Muslims to offer namaz in the country if they failed to chant 'Bharat Matha Ki Jai' and 'Jai Sree Ram.'

Such a statement has been made in order to incite communal passions, he claimed.