Politician and Islamic cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan has been booked for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit during a speech in Nakhasa district of Uttar Pradesh, Sambhal Police said on Monday.
According to Superintendent of Police (SP), Yamuna Prasad Tauqeer visited a protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Sambhal on Sunday at 8 pm where in his speech, he called Prime Minister and Home Minister 'terrorists'.
He also called Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath an "imposter".
A case under IPC sections 304, 305 and 153 A has been registered, police said.
-ANI
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