The Madhya Pradesh police have arrested an educationist for writing a blog on the ideals of secularism with a blend of spirituality in context of Vedas and Lord Jesus.
The FIR was registered at Narayangarh Police station against Rajendra Prasad Dwi-vedi, a resident of Bhopal and a former District Education Officer, in November 2020 on the complaint of Suresh Sahu, a lawyer and Rashtriya Swaya-msevak Sangh (RSS) activist.
Sahu, a resident of Nara-yangarh of Mandsaur district in his police complaint alleged that Dwivedi has outraged his religious feelings by showing Hinduism in poor light in his blog. Police on April 4 booked Dwivedi under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and sent him to judicial custody.
Sahu further alleged that Dwivedi’s blog ‘Pragyapra-vaah.in’ is in resemblance of RSS’s Prajnapravah.com, a portal that propagates the ideas of Hinduism and nationalism, and he has been publishing articles that propagates the ideas of Christianity.
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