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Four BSP ministers face blasphemy charges Anand Raj Singh First Published : 28 Jun 2010 01:48:03 AM IST Last Updated : 28 Jun 2010 08:49:42 AM IST LUCKNOW: Four senior members in the Mayawati Cabinet, along with five others, face criminal charges in connection with an article published in a magazine last month, allegedly denigrating Hindu gods, goddesses and epics. T he order of Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohd Ashraf Ansari of Jaunpur district on Saturday came on a petition filed by Radhey Shyam Verma in connection with an article published in ‘Ambedkar Today’, brought out by the kin of a ruling party leader. The accused are ministers Swami Prasad Maurya, Babu Singh Kushwaha, Naseemuddin Siddiqui and Daddu Prasad, along with Backward Commission Chairman Parasnath Maurya, Sushma Rana, editor of the magazine Rajiv Ratan Maurya, bureau chief Ashok Anand and writer of the article Ashwini Kumar Shakya. The CJM directed the police to lodge the case under various sections of the IPC, including 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to wound religious beliefs), 298 (uttering words with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 505 (commencement and continuance of the right of private defence of property), and submit the investigation report. The state government denied that the CJM’s order contains names of the ministers. The government had earlier ordered a CB-CID probe into the incident. The editor of the magazine had apologised and the matter seemed to have ended. Swami Prasad Maurya, who is also the state president of the ruling BSP, said, he was yet to see the order of the CJM and would move superior court if necessary. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/