Complainant said Swami Prasad Maurya has hurt Hindu sentiments on several occasions (File)
Lucknow:
A MP-MLA court here on Saturday ordered the Wazirganj Police Station to file an FIR against former SP politician Swami Prasad Maurya for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments with a statement against goddess Lakshmi.
Special Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ambrish Kumar Srivastava ordered the probe against former Samajwadi Party general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya over a statement he made on X, as well as to the media.
The complainant, Ragini Rastogi, alleged that a statement of his published on November 15 last year in newspapers hurt the sentiments of crores of Hindus.
According to her complaint, Swami Prasad Maurya made a derogratory remark in a post on X as well.
The complainant alleged that Swami Prasad Maurya has on several occasions hurt the sentiments of Hindus by making similar statements.
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