Delhi violence: Complaint filed against Javed Akhtar

A complaint has been filed before a court in Bihar against lyricist Javed Akhtar over his comment on the FIRs that was lodged against expelled AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the wake of Delhi riots.

The complaint was lodged on Wednesday, 4 March, by Amit Kumar, a local advocate, before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Thakur Aman Kumar. On the basis of a newspaper report, the complainant has alleged that Akhtar’s remarks were seditious and promoted religious hatred.

So many killed , so many injured , so many house burned , so many shops looted so many people turned destitutes but police has sealed only one house and looking for his owner . Incidentally his name is Tahir . Hats off to the consistency of the Delhi police .

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 27, 2020

Always defending his brethren. “Incidentally” they are the ones who always need defending. Such brotherhood is not incidental and always smeared in correlation 🙂 https://t.co/QAq4IquzZY

— Deepak Rathi (@Tooiter208) February 27, 2020