'Don't call yourself a patriot after sympathising with terrorists,' wrestler Yogeswar Dutt slams Naseeruddin Shah

Naseeruddin Shah's comments on the Bulandshahr mob violence has attracted several criticisms from across the country and the latest known person to react was Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt.

The Bollywood actor on Thursday said that he was scared for his children following the rise of religious violence in the country and in reference to that, Dutt took to Twitter to ask the former if he was not scared during the previous terrorist attacks and riots in the country.

बुलंदशहर की घटना में जिन लोगों की मृत्यु हुई उसका हम सब को बहुत खेद है, पर इससे पहले भी ना जाने कितने दंगे हुए और मासूमों की जान गई, तब तो आपको कोई डर नहीं लगा।इससे ही समझ आता है कि आप किसकी तरफ़ हैं, कृपया आतंकी पर दया करने के बाद खुद को देशभक्त ना कहें जय हिन्द, जय भारत 

— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) December 21, 2018

“Those who are scared for their kids today, Naseeruddin Shah, were they not scared during the 1984 riots, or the 1993 Mumbai blasts or during the attacks of 26/11?” he wrote.

Shah, recently was among several personalities in the country, who wrote had signed the plea written to then-President Pranab Mukherjee. “When a terrorist group kidnapped Indian and Bangladesh citizens, and later released Bangladeshis because of their religion, but killed all the 39 Indian citizens – were you not angry then? Were you not afraid while signing the mercy plea of the terrorist Yakub Memon?” the 2012 Olympic Bronze medallist, Dutt, asked.

He further added that Shah should not refer to himself as a patriot after sympathizing with the terrorists. “We are equally upset for all those who lost their lives in Bulandshahr, but you were not afraid during the riots in the past and terrorist attacks in the country when innocent citizens lost their lives. This shows whose side are you on. Please do not call yourself a patriot after sympathizing with terrorists,” Dutt said.