Based on a complaint filed by BJP workers at Bundgarden police station, an FIR has been filed against Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla for a tweet he had posted about Jain Guru Tarun Sagar. A delegation of BJP workers led by city unit chief Yogesh Gogawale met Pune city Police Commissioner Rashmi Shukla on Tuesday afternoon. Gogawale said, “The statement has been made by Poonawalla to create religious tension during the pious period of Paryushan. He should be arrested as soon as possible and the Congress should apologise for hurting the religious sentiments of the Jain community.” Senior inspector Madan Bahaddarpure, in-charge of Bundgarden police station, said section 295 (insult to religion) was slapped on Poonawalla.

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