Fresh FIR Against Ex-BJP MP Pratap Over Anti-Dalit Remarks

Another FIR has been registered against former BJP MP Pratap Simha for allegedly making derogatory remarks against members of the Dalit community during a Ganesha idol procession here, police said on Wednesday. 

The incident occurred on September 18 during a Ganesha idol immersion procession in T Narasipura town in Mysuru district, they said. The fresh case was registered at the T Narasipura police station on September 22 based on a complaint by the president of the B R Ambedkar Kshema Kreeda Kala Sangha.

Simha has been booked under relevant



provisions of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Sections 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 356 (defamation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said. 

According to police, the complainant alleged that during the immersion procession held on a public road in front of the T Narasipura police station, Simha, in the presence of hundreds of people and media personnel, delivered a "highly insulting" and "abusive speech" with the intention of "publicly insulting" members of the Dalit community and portraying them in a "low manner".