Symbiosis Faculty Of Arts And Commerce Trainer In Pune Arrested For Hurting Spiritual Sentiments: Police

Pune:

A university instructor was arrested in Pune right this moment for allegedly making disrespectful feedback about Hindu deities, police mentioned.

Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), scholar organisation affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), additionally staged a protest exterior the faculty in search of motion in opposition to the instructor.

A video allegedly exhibiting the instructor, recognized as Ashok Dhole, ensuring remarks in classroom had emerged earlier.

The Symbiosis Faculty of Arts and Commerce within the metropolis, the place he taught, mentioned it has suspended him.

Dr Hrishikesh Soman, the faculty principal, advised Press Belief of India {that a} scholar shot the video throughout a category.

“Later, some members of an outfit approached us with the video and sought motion in opposition to him. We now have suspended him, and this being a government-aided faculty, the method of initiating inquiry has began,” he mentioned.

Senior inspector VV Hasabnis of Deccan Gymkhana police station mentioned Dhole was arrested underneath part 295 (deliberate and malicious acts meant to outrage spiritual emotions) of the Indian Penal Code and he might be produced earlier than a courtroom on Friday.
 

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