Yati Narasimhanand Giri of Dasna Devi Temple posted a video on Friday demanding the Yogi Adityanath government to release him from “illegal detention” so that he can respond to the PIL filed against him. Yeti said the UP police have detained him unconstitutionally and want to get rid of him.
Mohammad Yusuf, secretary of the Maharashtra-based Hazrat Khwaja Garib Nawaz Welfare Association, had filed a PIL against him two days ago. This video was shared with the media by Dr. Udita Tyagi, General Secretary of Yeti Narasimhanand Saraswati Foundation.
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Yeti said: I can be killed.
Narasimhanand claimed in the video that he could be killed by “trained killers”. He said that before he dies he wants to clarify his statement about the Prophet and for this he needs to collect evidence from authentic Islamic books. He said that I want to present the proof of what I have said before the High Court, so that justice is done properly, because justice cannot be done without knowing the side of the person who is being declared a criminal.
We must collect evidence – Yeti
Yeti said: “I can't collect evidence in this arrest, I will have to collect evidence from different sources for it.” Narasimhanand was booked earlier this month for making hate speech for his comments against Prophet Muhammad at an event in Ghaziabad on September 29, sparking widespread protests.
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The PIL filed by Mumbai residents Mohammad Yusuf and Zakir Hussain Mustafa Shaikh demands removal of Narasimhanand's controversial speech from all social media platforms.
