KAUSHAMBI — Uttar Pradesh Police have booked 37-year-old imam of a mosque here for raising an Islamic flag above the national Tricolour on the minaret of the mosque.
According to Police sources, the incident was reported on August 31 in the Sandipan Ghat Police Station area after Muratganj outpost in-charge, Sub-Inspector Ajit Singh, noticed during a patrol that an Islamic flag had been hoisted higher than the tricolour on top of a minaret of a mosque in Muratganj town, reports PTI.
The Police Sub-Inspector said the act “diminished the dignity and honour of the national flag.” However,the Islamic flag was reportedly removed immediately.
Based on a written complaint by the outpost in-charge, police registered a case under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, against Imam Imtiaz Ahmed, a resident of Chikwan Ka Purwa, Kasia, in Kaushambi district.
According to local sources it was not a deliberate attempt of the imam to hurl the green flag above Tricolour and it happened because of the convenience of the man who tied the flag on the minaret.
The imam, however, could not be reached for his comment on the issue.
Thorough and genuine investigation in the matter can ascertain the intent behind the act.
