Jabalpur, May 14: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday ordered registration of an FIR against state minister Vijay Shah for his controversial remarks targeted at Colonel Sofia Qureshi.
Colonel Qureshi had conducted regular press briefings, sharing details of the ‘Operation Sindoor’ launched by Indian armed forces to strike terrorists, joined by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh.
Shah, the tribal affairs minister and BJP leader, sparked a major controversy with objectionable comments that appeared to be directed at Colonel Qureshi, whom he tried to project as a “sister of terrorists”.
Taking suo motu cognisance of the controversial statement, the high court’s division bench of Justices Atul Shridharan and Anuradha Shukla ordered the police to register a first information report (FIR) against the minister.
The court directed the police department to file the FIR by 6 pm on Wednesday.The division bench said the court should be informed about the registration of the FIR.The next hearing on the petition has been scheduled at 10.30 am on Thursday.
A detailed order is awaited.Shah’s remarks drew wide-scale condemnation, with Congress demanding his immediate dismissal from the MP cabinet.Under severe flak, Shah said if anyone is hurt by his statement, he is ready to apologise 10 times, adding that he respects Colonel Qureshi more than his sister.
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