UP Court Orders Case To Be Filed Against Swami Prasad Maurya

A MP-MLA court here on Saturday ordered the Wazirganj Police Station to file an FIR against former SP politician Swami Prasad Maurya for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments with a statement against goddess Lakshmi.

Special Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ambrish Kumar Srivastava ordered the probe against former Samajwadi Party general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya over a statement he made on X, as well as to the media.

The complainant, Ragini Rastogi, alleged that a statement of his published on November 15 last year in newspapers hurt the sentiments of crores of Hindus.

According to her complaint, Swami Prasad Maurya made a derogratory remark in a post on X as well.

The complainant alleged that Swami Prasad Maurya has on several occasions hurt the sentiments of Hindus by making similar statements.

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