Agra: Agra police lodged an FIR against assistant professor Indu Chaudhary of Banaras Hindu University, for making comments that allegedly disturb the peace. The FIR was lodged on the complaint filed by representatives of Hindu Jagran Manch. The university teacher had addressed a gathering at the Dr BR Ambedkar University on Sunday .

Hariparwat circle officer Ashok Kumar said that an FIR had been lodged against Chaudhary and Ramji Lal Vidyarthi, the organizer of the event. “The two have been booked under IPC’s sections 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings) and 153-A (doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony),” he said.

Superintendent of police (city) RK Singh said that initial investigation by the police confirmed that the assistant professor has made anti-religious comments at a public platform which is an offence. The official added that the audio tape of her speech, which went viral on several students’ groups on WhatsApp, will be sent for forensic test.

The event where Chaudhary was speaking was organized in the Jubliee Hall of Dr BR Ambedkar University on Sunday . The varsity authorities, however, said they had not given permission for any such event on its campus. “We have never given any permission for organizing any such event in our university. None of our department were involved into this,” said KN Singh, registrar, Dr BR Ambedkar University.

The organizer of the event told police that Chaudhary was called to speak on the declining status of education but she went totally off the track while address the gathering. The organizer claimed that the assistant professor had to be stopped in the middle of her address.

