Complaint against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for posing as Lord Vishnu
The complaint came a week after comedian Kiku Sharda was arrested for mimicking Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on his show.
Mumbai: The All India Hindu Federation has lodged a complaint against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim for hurting religious sentiments by allegedly posing as Lord Vishnu in a video.
“We saw a video of Gurmeet Ram Rahim where he poses as Lord Vishnu, this has hurt religious sentiments of people,” said Nishant Sharma, President, All India Hindu Federation.
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He further added, “Our complaint has not been registered yet, so we are going to meet Punjab DGP today.”
All India Hindu Fed. lodges complaint against Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim for posing as Lord Vishnu pic.twitter.com/VBenkVJnlI
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 18, 2016The complaint came a week after comedian Kiku Sharda was arrested for mimicking Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on his show. Kiku was arrested for allegedly hurting the sentiments of the self-styled godman’s followers.
Slamming the arrest of comedian Kiku Sharda last week, Congress said such actions make India look like a "tin pot republic" and the Haryana Police should be "ashamed" of carrying out the arrest.