Aligarh: An FIR has been registered against Puja Shakun Pandey, national general secretary of Hindu Mahasabha, for her alleged comment that the Tablighi Jamaat leaders and followers must be shot dead as they infected thousands of people with deadly coronavirus.
The police, on the basis of her statement doing rounds on social media, filed a case against her, official sources said.
The Hindu Mahasabha leader reportedly wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 4, suggesting that people who helped the deadly disease spread among public should be shot dead. She also gave the same statement to media after writing the letter to Modi.
Pandey, who was earlier arrested for allegedly shooting at an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi and glorifying his assassination on his death anniversary few months ago, has been a controversial leader.
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So far, more than 400 COVID-19 cases and about 15 deaths in the country have been found to be linked to the religious congregation held at the Nizamuddin headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat last month.
At least 9,000 people participated in the religious congregation in Nizamuddin last month, after which many of the attendees travelled to various parts of the country.
Action against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members was taken after over 2,300 activists, including 250 foreigners, were found to be living at its headquarters in Nizamuddin West last week, despite the 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed to check the spread of the coronavirus.
