FIR registered against Javed Akhtar for alleged statement comparing RSS with Taliban

New Delhi : Mulund Police has registered a non-cognizable offense against lyricist Javed Akhtar for his alleged statement comparing RSS with Taliban. The complaint was filed by a lawyer.

Mumbai | Mulund Police has registered a non-cognizable offense against lyricist Javed Akhtar for his alleged statement comparing RSS with Taliban. The complaint was filed by a lawyer.

— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2021

A Thane Court on September 28 issued a notice to lyricist Javed Akhtar to appear before it on November 12 after a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Vivek Champanerkar filed a defamation suit against him for his alleged comparison of RSS and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) with the Taliban.

A civil defamation suit has been filed by the RSS activist through Advocate Aditya Mishra and Advocate Swapnil Kale at Thane civil court. The plea read, “The plaintiff states he has been hurt by the defendant’s defamatory statement to tarnish the image of plaintiff’s organisation and hence he is in loss of rupee one for which the defendant is liable to compensate him.”

Maharashtra | RSS worker Vivek Champanerkar files a civil suit against lyricist Javed Akhtar in Thane court for allegedly comparing the organisation with Taliban; court sends notice to Akhtar asking him to be present before it on the next date of hearing on November 12.

— ANI (@ANI) September 28, 2021

Earlier, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut had slammed Javed Akhtar and said that the comparison of any Indian’s organisations to the Taliban is condemnable and further said that such comparison is disrespectful to Hindu culture.

Earlier, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had staged a protest against Akhtar outside his residence in Mumbai.