FIR against Togadia over hate speech, Election Commission probes footage

Bhavnagar/New Delhi: VHP leader Pravin Togadia faced twin trouble with an FIR being lodged against him for “inciting communal passions” and the Election Commission on Tuesday examining video footage of his alleged “hate speech”. The FIR was registered in Bhavnagar charging him with asking the locals of a society here to forcibly occupy a house purchased by a Muslim man in Hindu majority area.

“An FIR has been filed against him under sections 153(A), 153(B) and under 188 for violating notification of the EC,” district collector and returning officer P.K. Solanki said.

Mr Togadia had allegedly asked his supporters to get vacated the house a Muslim man had purchased in the Hindu-majority locality near Meghani Circle area of Bhavnagar city.