Professor jailed for ‘derogatory remarks’ against min Smriti Irani
Deepak.Lavania@timesgroup.com
Agra:22.07.2021
A senior professor at a UP college, who had allegedly made derogatory remarks against Union minister Smriti Irani in a Facebook post, has been sent to jail after he surrendered in a court in Firozabad district.
On a complaint filed by the BJP’s district vice-president and nominated municipal councillor Uday Pratap Singh, the Firozabad police had registered an FIR against Shaharyar Ali, head of the history department at SRK College, in March for an alleged “obscene” Facebook post against Irani.
Professor Ali was booked under IPC’s section 505 (2) (promoting enmity/hatred) and section 67A of the Information Technology (Amendment) act, 2008. On Tuesday, Ali had surrendered in the court of additional sessions judge Anurag Sharma and had also filed an interim bail plea.
The court, however, cancelled his bail plea and sent him to jail. Meanwhile, his college served him a suspension notice.
According to sources, the professor had posted a comment on Facebook denigrating Irani, which was later deleted.
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