By Team Clarion
NEW DELHI — A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi district has been booked for his provocative video on Facebook, allegedly calling for the complete extermination of the Muslim community and urging the killing of those accused of “Love Jihad” within eight days.
A case was registered against Manikanta Narendra Rathod, 30, after the video went viral on Sunday, triggering public outrage and raising serious concerns over communal harmony in the Kalaburagi district of the state, media reports reaching here on Monday quoted police as saying.
In the video, Rathod is purportedly heard making inflammatory remarks in the Lambani language. He further claimed that if the police were held back for just 15 minutes in Kalaburagi, a massacre of Muslims could be carried out.
The video sparked intense backlash on social media, with civil society groups, political leaders, and concerned citizens demanding Rathod’s immediate arrest. A complaint in this regard was lodged on Saturday by a political activist affiliated with the Social Democratic Party of India, Syed Aleem Ilahi, following which an FIR was registered at the Central Police Station (CEN Station).
Ilahi also posted a message on the X platform, tagging the Karnataka chief minister and senior police officials. The post read: “In a shocking video, he (Rathod) openly threatens the Muslim community, blames the entire community for individual crimes, and calls for mass violence, even saying Muslims should be finished from the root.”
“Rathod allegedly uploaded a provocative video on Facebook. We are investigating the matter and gathering evidence to determine the extent of his culpability,” Kalaburagi Commissioner of Police Sharanappa SD said.
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