A Special Investigation Team, formed on the orders of the Supreme Court, has begun its probe into the controversial remarks by Madhya Pradesh Minister Vijay Shah, one of its members said on Saturday.
The three-member SIT has started meeting people in Raykundda village near Mhow in Indore district, where Shah made the objectionable comments aimed at Colonel Sofiya Qureshi on May 12, police sources said.
Sagar Zone Inspector General of Police Pramod Verma heads the SIT, while Special Armed Forces DIG Kalyan Chakrvarthy and Dindori Superintendent of Police Vahini Singh are its other members.
바카라We launched our investigation the day before yesterday (Thursday),바카라 said a member of the SIT.
The SC on Monday ordered that a three-member SIT be formed to probe the matter.
The Manpur police had on May 14 registered an FIR against Shah following a directive of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, which had taken suo motu cognisance of the minister바카라s "crass remarks".
The FIR has already been handed over to the SIT, said a police official from Indore.
Asked when they would question Shah, the tribal affairs minister, the SIT member refused to elaborate.
바카라We are on the job. That바카라s it. We are staying put in Indore,바카라 he said.
The apex court has directed the SIT to file its first status report by May 28.
The case against Shah has registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 152 (an act endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India), 196 (1) (B) (an act having an adverse effect on the mutual harmony between different communities, which causes or is likely to cause a breach of public peace) and 197 (1) (C) (speaking about a member of a community, which has an adverse effect on the mutual harmony between different communities).
The SC had earlier said that the minister바카라s comments had brought 바카라shame바카라 to the nation.
Rejecting his apology, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said that it had seen the videos of his remarks and the subsequent apology, and wondered if he was shedding crocodile tears or it was an attempt to wriggle out of legal proceedings.
During a public event in Raykundda village promoting 바카라Halma바카라, a tribal tradition of collective labour and community participation, Shah had said, 바카라Those who wiped sindoor off our daughters바카라 forehead... we sent their sister to teach them a lesson바카라, referring to Operation Sindoor.
