Meerut (UP), March 24 An FIR has been registered here against AIMIM Uttar Pradesh unit chief Shaukat Ali after a video purportedly showing him making a provocative speech surfaced on social media, police said on Tuesday.
According to police, the video shows Ali making objectionable and inflammatory remarks.
Ali, however, told
Sachin Sirohi, the leader of a local Hindu outfit, condemned Ali's alleged remarks, claiming that they could disturb communal harmony.
Police have appealed to people to refrain from sharing inflammatory content on social media and maintain peace and order, the officer said.
Ali told
"If injustice is being done to anyone in India or in Uttar Pradesh, it is the Muslims," he said.