24, Sep 2014

Sufi Imam Mehndi Hussain, of the Narendra Modiskullcap controversy fame of 2011, was arrested on Tuesday by Kheda police for his comment on Navratri last week.
He had likened the festival with revelry of rakshasas (demons). Several Hindu organizations including Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) had denounced his remarks, staged protests against the imam and demanded his arrest. Sachin Badshah, superintendent of police, Kheda, said, “He was arrested after a complaint under section 295A of IPC (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its faith or belief) was registered against him with Thasra police station.“