Sirsi: BJP Lok Sabha MP Ananthkumar Hegde has landed in soup over his controversial statement on Islam.
The police registered a criminal case against him suo motu for his alleged remarks linking Islam to terrorism.
The case has been booked at Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district under section 295(A) of IPC relating to “deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs,” police said.
The five-time MP from Uttara Kannada had allegedly said that terrorism could be ended only with the end of Islam in the world, while addressing a press met at Sirsi last Sunday, triggering protests from Muslim organisations.
Muslim organisations in the communally sensitive Bhatkal town in the district had held protests and submitted a memorandum to the district Superintendent of Police Vamsi Krishna, calling for action against Hegde.
Bhatkal remained tense following the incident and security was beefed up.
