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UP: BSP corporator booked after insisting on taking oath in Urdu

WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Dec 14, 2017, 03:14 PM IST
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The complaint against Hussain was filed by BJP corporator Pushpendra Singh.?In photo: The word 'Urdu' written in the Nastaliq style. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons) Photograph:(Others)

A BSP corporator of the Aligarh Municipal Corporation has been booked by police for insisting on taking his oath in Urdu. 

Musharraf Hussain is the lone BSP corporator of the corporation. 

He was booked under section 295A of the IPC. 

The complaint against Hussain was filed by BJP corporator Pushpendra Singh. 

In his complaint, PTI reported, Singh alleged that Hussain was trying to outrage religious feelings. 

Section 295A deals with "deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs." 

PTI reported that unpleasant scenes marred the swearing-in of the newly-elected members of the Aligarh Municipal Corporation on Monday after BJP corporators allegedly created a ruckus when Hussain insisted on taking his oath in Urdu. 

Hussain was allegedly beaten up. 

Hussain has filed a complaint but police are yet to register a case. 

PTI reported police as saying they were looking into Hussain's complaint.