Actor Ajaz khan, who had been arrested on Thursday for creating videos with ‘objectionable content’ has been sent to police custody till tomorrow, the Mumbai Police said.
Actor Ajaz khan, who had been arrested on Thursday for creating videos with ‘objectionable content’ has been sent to police custody till tomorrow, the Mumbai Police said.
Khan had been arrested for uploading videos with ‘objectionable content promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion’.
The ex-Bigg Boss contestant's lawyer had opposed the police custody on grounds that preliminary investigation was done before the arrest and also because the telecast material is already seized. The police, however, maintained that custody was required.
Judge Sudhir Baburao Bhajipale, after a brief break, passed the order, sending Khan to police remand.
The police had received a complaint against him along with few videos which have gone viral on social media, said a press release.
The case against the actor was registered under Indian Penal Code's Section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race etc.) and Section 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) along with
Section 67 of the IT Act (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form).
The cyber wing of Mumbai Police Thursday arrested actor Ajaz Khan for allegedly posting videos promoting communal hatred.
Some of the videos had gone viral on social media, a police official said.
1. Cases filed under Section 153-A
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After receiving a complaint, the cyber wing of the Crime Branch registered a case under IPC section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, etc.,) Wednesday, a spokesperson of Mumbai Police said.
Khan is no stranger to controversy. In October 2018, Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police had arrested the former Bigg Boss contestant from a hotel for alleged drug possession.
In 2016, he had been arrested for allegedly sending obscene pictures and lewd messages to a beautician.
Khan, who was part of the seventh season of the TV reality show Bigg Boss, has also appeared in films and comedy serials.
2. Old TikTok video mocking Solanki and Mumbai Police
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The latest from the former Bigg Boss contestant is a repost of an eight-month-old video where he and another TikTok face, Faisu, can be seen taunting Mumbai police and a Shiv Sena activist for filing FIRs against social media stars. The video shows Khan asking, 'Ramesh Solanki, Warrant laya kya?', which is a dialogue from a Hindi film.
It was Solanki who had filed a police complaint on July 9 against a group of TikTok influencers – Faisal Shaikh, Hasnain Khan, Faiz Baloch, Adnan Shaikh and Sadhan Faroqui – for instigating revenge over the lynching of Tabrez Ansari.
Earlier, on June 28, Khan had posted a video in which he urged 40 crore Muslims to take to the streets to protest lynching. In this video, Khan blames RSS and Bajrang Dal for "forcing people to chant Jai Shri Ram". He also accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi of shielding them.
When contacted, Shiv Sena's Solanki said, "One should realise that no one is above the law. Ajaz posted communal videos. There were many complaints against him and am glad that he is arrested. Hoping that the case against the other Tiktok influencers are also dealt seriously."
3. What Khan said in another viral video
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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. .
Khan who has been associated in the television industry has worked in some films and serials and in 2016, Khan was arrested for sending obscene photos and abusive messages to a hair stylist.
