Mumbai Courtroom Grants Anticipatory Bail To Samajwadi MLA Abu Azmi Over Aurangzeb Comment

Mumbai:

A Mumbai court docket on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to Samajwadi Get together MLA Abu Azmi in a case filed towards him for remarks praising Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

Whereas granting reduction to Azmi, suspended from the Maharashtra legislative meeting until March 26, imposed a set of circumstances and directed him to furnish a solvent surety bond of Rs 20,000.

A case was registered at south Mumbai’s Marine Drive police station final week towards the MLA from the Mankhurd-Shivaji Nagar constituency within the metropolis underneath related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) over his remarks eulogising the medieval-era Mughal emperor.

Abu Azmi, who can also be the Samajwadi Get together’s Maharashtra unit president, had mentioned that in Aurangzeb’s reign, India’s borders reached Afghanistan and Burma (Myanmar).

“Our GDP accounted for twenty-four per cent (of world GDP) and India was known as a golden sparrow ,” claimed the opposition legislator.

Requested concerning the battle between Aurangzeb and Maratha king Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Abu Azmi had termed it a political battle.

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