Khan, a former Bollywood actor, is often seen posting inflammatory videos on his social media handles.
Actor Ajaz Khan has been arrested by the BKC Cyber Cell for a provoking TikTok video. Khan, a former Bollywood actor, is often seen posting inflammatory videos on his social media handles.
Shiv Sena activist Ramesh Solanki, who had filed a complaint against the TikTok celebrities wrote on Twitter; “Its official Ajaz Khan is arrested by Cyber Cell Dept of @MumbaiPolice I thank @MumbaiPolice and @CPMumbaiPolice for arresting this hate monger Jai Hind Jai Sri Ram”
Its official Ajaz Khan is arrested by Cyber Cell Dept of @MumbaiPolice
— Ramesh Solanki (@Rajput_Ramesh) July 18, 2019
I thank @MumbaiPolice and @CPMumbaiPolice for arresting this hate monger
Jai Hind Jai Sri Ram @narendramodi @AUThackeray @AmitShah @Dev_Fadnavis @TigerRajaSingh @ippatel @TajinderBagga @MODIfiedVikas
DCP Manjunath Singhe on Ajaz Khan's arrest pic.twitter.com/S3NCLRats4
— DNA (@dna) July 18, 2019
The Mumbai Police's Cyber Crime branch said in a press note that they had received a complaing along with videos Khan which had gone viral on social media.
They said they found the videos had 'objectionable content mailnly promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, etc' and 'created hatred among public at large'.
They said that he has been charged under under Sections 153 - A and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of the IT Act.
Section 153 A deals with ‘promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony’. Punishment can extend up to 5 years.
Section 67 A of the IT Act 2000 deals with ‘publishing and transmitting obscene material in electronic form’ and punishment can extend to five years in jail and Rs 10 lakh fine.
A TikTok video of his mocking the Mumbai Police for filing FIRs against social media stars had gone viral, which recently posted by Ajaz Khan. In that video, he was seen, along with the other TikTok stars, mocking Shiv Sena activist Ramesh Solanki.
On July 9, the Mumbai Police cyber cell had registered a complaint filed by Shiv Sena activist Solanki against the group of TikTok ‘influencers’– – Faisal Shaikh, Hasnain Khan, Faiz Baloch, Adnan Shaikh and Sadhan Faroqui, for propagating revenge over Tabrez Ansari’s death.
1. Ajaz Khan's controversial comments
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Earlier, on June 28, Khan had posted a video in which he urged 40 crore Muslims - legal and illegal – to rise up and take to the streets to protest incidents of mob lynching.
In the video, which some have called communal, Khan blamed the RSS and Bajrang Dal for ‘forcing people chant Jai Shri Ram’ and accused PM Modi of shielding them. Goading the Muslim community, he asked them to come out on the streets and ‘shut down the country’.
He said he wouldn’t use the honorific ‘aap’ for PM Modi and instead call him ‘tu’ if he didn’t act. He alleged that PM Modi – as a former RSS member – shielded the mob.
2. Muslims should hit the streets: Ajaz Khan
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He asked Muslims to skip work for one day and take to the streets. He said: “When will my brothers wearing caps come out on streets? We topiwalas, we don't need to hit anyone, we just need to go out once. One day we should avoid work and just go out .”He went on to say that he would keep ‘spreading this message’ till he died.
Khan had been arrested by Navi Mumbai Police last year for drug possession. .
3. Govt issues notice to TikTok
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Government has issued notices to social media platforms Tiktok and Helo along with a set of 21 questions threatening to ban these apps if it does not receive appropriate response, official sources said.
The action from Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) follows complaint by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) to the Prime Minister, in which it alleged that the platforms are being used for anti-national activities.
When contacted, Tiktok and Helo in a joint statement said they have plans to invest USD 1 billion over the period of next three years to develop technology infrastructure and owns responsibility of local community.
Meity has sought reply from TikTok and Helo on allegation that these platforms have become "a hub of anti-national activities", and has sought assurance that the data of Indian users are not being transferred at present and will not be transferred in future also "to any other foreign government or any third party or private entity", according to sources.
