Mumbai: After a number of celebrities wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make lynching of Muslims, Dalits and other minorities in the country a 'non-bailable' offence, a case has been filed against Anurag Kashyap, Aparna Sen, Shyam Benegal, Mani Ratnam among the other personalities.
A case was lodged against celebrities after an order was passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate Surya Kant Tiwari two months before a petition filed by local advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha.
Ojha said signatories of the letter were named as accused in his petition, in which they allegedly "tarnished the image of the country and undermined the impressive performance of the Prime Minister" besides "supporting secessionist tendencies".
According to a news report, "The CJM had passed the order on August 20, accepting my petition upon the receipt of which an FIR was lodged today at the Sadar police station here."
The police said the FIR was lodged under sections of the Indian Penal Code, including those relating to sedition, public nuisance, hurting religious feelings and insulting with an intent to provoke breach of peace.