Vishal Dadlani booked in Haryana over tweet about Jain monk

Music composer Vishal Dadlani has been booked by the Haryana police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with his sarcastic tweet on Jain monk Tarun Sagar, police said yesterday

Ambala/Chandigarh: Music composer Vishal Dadlani has been booked by the Haryana police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with his sarcastic tweet on Jain monk Tarun Sagar, police said yesterday.

Vishal Dadlani

Ambala Cantt police registered a case against Dadlani and one Tehseen Poonawalla even as Jain community members staged a protest outside Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence in the national capital, demanding the immediate arrest of the composer.

The case against Dadlani and Poonawalla in Ambala was registered under relevant sections of the IPC, police said. Poonawalla is a Congress activist who had also tweeted about the monk. The case was registered on a complaint filed by Punit Arora, a resident of Ambala Cantonment who is said to be a follower of the monk. After a barrage of criticism, Dadlani had tendered an apology for his tweet and also deleted it. He also apologised to the Jain monk on Twitter.

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