Deepak Kumar alias 'Mohammed Deepak' has been arrested by the district police on the complaint of businessman Sanjeev Tonk in Kotdwar of Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
The businessman alleges that Deepak, angry over one of his comments on social media, came to his shop, abused him and threatened to kill him.
At the same time, Deepak's lawyer Arvind Kumar Verma says that there was only an altercation between the two and there was neither any fight nor any abuse or threat of death.
According to Kotdwar ASP Manoj Thakur, "A complaint of pushing and abusing the businessman was received, on which immediate cognizance has been taken and a case has been registered. For security reasons, the accused Deepak Kumar has been arrested under Section 151."
This controversy is believed to have started from a comment made on social media regarding the incident related to the Shahi Masjid of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
In this case, the police have registered a case under different sections of the Indian Judicial Code i.e. BNS and later arrested Deepak under section 170 of the Indian Civil Security Code i.e. BNSS.
In January, Deepak Kumar came into limelight after Bajrang Dal members protested in support of a Muslim shopkeeper. At that time he had given his name as 'Mohammed Deepak'. Now after his arrest on the complaint of the businessman, this matter is again in discussion.
According to Pauri police, businessman Sanjeev Tonk had given a complaint at Kotdwar police station on Thursday, October 1. According to the police, in the complaint, Deepak Kumar alias Akki alias Mohammad Deepak was accused of indecency, abusing and threatening to kill.
Based on the complaint, the police registered a case under sections 351(2) and 352 of the Indian Judicial Code. According to the police press note, sections 196 and 115 were also added during the investigation.
Police say that during the investigation, CCTV footage of the incident site along with available photographs and video evidence were also examined. According to the police, the CCTV footage and available photographs of the incident site prima facie revealed that Mohammad Deepak abused and threatened the complainant.
Police also said that action was taken against Deepak in view of his activities and the possibility of affecting peace and law and order in the area. According to the police, Deepak was arrested under Section 170 of the BNSS. Section 170 deals with preventive action to prevent the commission of a cognizable offence.
Businessman Sanjeev Tonk says that the controversy started from a comment made on social media. According to him, Deepak had shared a video of the incident related to a mosque in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on social media about four-five days before the incident. Tonk claims that there was also a scene of stone pelting on security forces in that video.
According to him, while commenting on this video he had written, "Deepak Bhai, don't you see this stone pelting?" Tonk alleges that angry over this comment, Deepak reached her shop at around 9.45 am on October 1.
Deepak's lawyer Advocate Arvind Kumar Verma has rejected the allegations of this businessman. Verma says that Deepak had an old residence in 'Bhaiji Ki Sale Gali' of Kotdwar. According to the lawyer, on October 1, there was a general conversation between the two regarding some matter and during this an altercation broke out. He said that Deepak had only said that this was his personal matter.
The lawyer claims that there was neither any fighting nor abuse or death threats. Verma alleges that after this the trade board created an atmosphere and lodged a complaint with the police. He also claimed that sections related to spreading religious fanaticism, abuses and threats have been added in the case.
