Subramanian Swamy questioned in inflammatory article case
Swamy, accompanied by lawyers, reached the inter-state cell of Delhi Police's Crime Branch here at around 11:AM.
The Janata Party chief has been granted interim protection till January 30 by the Delhi High Court against his possible arrest in the case.
Delhi High Court had on Friday last granted interim protection to Swamy and asked him to give an undertaking that he would not write such articles in the future. The court also issued notice to the Delhi Police, seeking its response to Swamy's anticipatory bail plea.
Delhi Police had on October three registered a case of spreading enmity between communities against Swamy for his remarks suggesting revoking of voting rights of Muslims.
The
Crime
Branch
registered
a
case
under
Section
153A
(spreading
enmity
between
communities)
of
Indian
Penal
Code
for
his
newspaper
article
in
July
this
year.
The
Harvard-educated
economic
scholar,
Swamy
in
an
article
in
a
newspaper
had
suggested
Indian
Hindus
collectively
respond
to
terror
acts.
He wrote, "We need a collective mindset as Hindus to stand against the Islamic terrorist.....If any Muslim acknowledges his or her Hindu legacy, then we Hindus can accept him or her as a part of the Brihad Hindu Samaj (greater Hindu society) which is Hindustan.
"Others, who refuse to acknowledge this, or those foreigners who become Indian citizens by registration, can remain in India but should not have voting rights (which means they cannot be elected representatives)," Swamy had written.
PTI