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BJP MP Tejasvi Surya booked over hate speech in Bengaluru on Thursday (21 March)

Risk level: Medium Country: India

As per reports, Bengaluru police have booked Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya for alleged hate speech following his post on social media of the alleged assault on a shopkeeper. A case has been registered at the Halasuru gate police station, after the Flying Squad Team (FST) of the Election Commission filed a formal complaint. The compaint claimed that Surya’s post attempted to create communal hatred.

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