Social media’s introduction has offered people unrestricted freedom of speech, yet many people abuse this privilege by engaging in discourse within communities. Hate speech events have frequently gone viral on social media, sparking user responses and police response. One such incidence surfaced when a young person from Rafiqabad, Ghaziabad, went on video and predicted that Hindus would be trampled underfoot like insects and spiders.
Since then, the video has gone viral on social media, with users tagging the Uttar Pradesh police and calling for their intervention. The young person, identified as Ayyan Qureshi, is heard in the video asserting that Hindus are limited to India. “Insha’Allah, Islam is, and always will be, a living religion throughout the entire world. Describe Hindus. He began to say, “They will be crushed like insects and spiders the day..(inaudible),” but the anchor cut him off and asked him to stop. He is heard stating that he will speak in this manner despite this.
Qureshi went on to say that there is a government of Hindus and they can do whatever they wish and the day there is a favourable government (of Muslims), all will be cleaned.
He is Ayyan Qureshi from Rafiqabad @Uppolice …
How much time until he gets arrested for hate speech against Hindus?
pic.twitter.com/lZNzUTQZUH— BALA (@erbmjha) November 4, 2023
Taking cognisance of the video, Masuri Police said that the accused has been detained. “Taking immediate cognizance of the viral video on social media, in which objectionable remarks are being made by Ayaan Qureshi against a particular religion, a case is being registered against the accused and the accused is being taken into custody and interrogated. Further legal action is in progress,” said the police.
