HYDERABAD : Following the recent incident of vandalism at Muthyalamma temple at Kummariguda in Secunderabad, Hyderabad police have booked a case against popular Mumbai-based motivational speaker Munawar Zama and two others for outraging religious feelings and provoking hatred.
The two others booked in the case are Abdul Rasheed Basheer Ahmed and Rehman, owner and manager respectively of Metropolis Hotel in Regimental Bazaar.
They were inciting hatred towards Hindus among participants in the guise of conducting a month-long personality development workshop , police said.
According to police, Salman Salim Thakur alias Salman was among the 151 people from different parts of India who attended the workshop, held at the hotel.
On Oct 14, Salman barged into the temple and damaged the idol of a local deity.
He was caught in the act by locals who beat him up before handing him over to the cops. He is currently undergoing treatment at a city hospital.
Police are now verifying the antecedents of the participants and Zama.
Mumbai-based motivational speaker Munawar Zama not only promoted enmity between different groups on religious grounds, he provoked participants to cause riots.
He also provoked Salman to damage the idol of the goddess at Muthyalamma temple,” L Suresh, sub inspector of Gopalapuram police station, said in the complaint.
Also, Zama didn’t seek permission to conduct the workshop, which Basheer and Rehman helped him organise, cops added.
Initiating suo motu action against the trio, police booked them under Sections 299 (deliberate insult or outrage of religious feelings), 192 (malicious or wanton provocation with the intent to incite a riot), 196 (promoting enmity and hatred between different groups based on various grounds), 223 (disobeying orders from public servants that can lead to obstruction or danger) and 49 (abetment to commit a crime) of the BNS.
Police are now verifying the antecedents of the participants and Zama. “We are also scrutinising the conference recordings, material distributed to participants, and several other details,” said a senior city police officer monitoring the probe. He said all the participants were accommodated in the 49 rooms in the hotel.
While the probe is still underway, cops have so far found that Zama is the founder of English House Academy, and identifies himself as a motivational speaker and personality development trainer.
“The key features of the workshop, as claimed by the organisers, included functional grammar, communication skills, vocabulary enhancement, pronunciation, public speaking, confidence building, and character building,” police said.
The two others booked in the case are Abdul Rasheed Basheer Ahmed and Rehman, owner and manager respectively of Metropolis Hotel in Regimental Bazaar.
They were inciting hatred towards Hindus among participants in the guise of conducting a month-long personality development workshop , police said.
According to police, Salman Salim Thakur alias Salman was among the 151 people from different parts of India who attended the workshop, held at the hotel.
On Oct 14, Salman barged into the temple and damaged the idol of a local deity.
He was caught in the act by locals who beat him up before handing him over to the cops. He is currently undergoing treatment at a city hospital.
Police are now verifying the antecedents of the participants and Zama.
Mumbai-based motivational speaker Munawar Zama not only promoted enmity between different groups on religious grounds, he provoked participants to cause riots.
He also provoked Salman to damage the idol of the goddess at Muthyalamma temple,” L Suresh, sub inspector of Gopalapuram police station, said in the complaint.
Also, Zama didn’t seek permission to conduct the workshop, which Basheer and Rehman helped him organise, cops added.
Initiating suo motu action against the trio, police booked them under Sections 299 (deliberate insult or outrage of religious feelings), 192 (malicious or wanton provocation with the intent to incite a riot), 196 (promoting enmity and hatred between different groups based on various grounds), 223 (disobeying orders from public servants that can lead to obstruction or danger) and 49 (abetment to commit a crime) of the BNS.
Police are now verifying the antecedents of the participants and Zama. “We are also scrutinising the conference recordings, material distributed to participants, and several other details,” said a senior city police officer monitoring the probe. He said all the participants were accommodated in the 49 rooms in the hotel.
While the probe is still underway, cops have so far found that Zama is the founder of English House Academy, and identifies himself as a motivational speaker and personality development trainer.
“The key features of the workshop, as claimed by the organisers, included functional grammar, communication skills, vocabulary enhancement, pronunciation, public speaking, confidence building, and character building,” police said.
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