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Hyderabad: The Hussaini Alam police late on Sunday booked a case against Sonu Dangar, a Gujarati woman for allegedly making derogatory comments against Prophet Mohammed and Islam.

“Local groups had approached us alleging they saw a video on WhatsApp in which she made offensive remarks that hurt their religious sentiments,” said G Shyamsundar, Inspector, Hussaini Alam.

Based on a complaint, a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and of the IT Act was booked while South Zone DCP V Satyanarayana formed a four-member special team comprising police officials from Charminar and Bahadurpura police stations and sent them to Gujarat to trace Dangar, who allegedly recorded and posted the offensive video on her Facebook account.

According to sources, the team which went to her house at Akshara Nagar in Rajkot learned that she held a criminal history in Gandigram police station and that about 10 cases were booked against her in various police stations. A history sheet too was opened against her by Bhaktinagar police in 2016.

The Bhaktinagar police too have formed eight special teams and are tracing her whereabouts in Uttar Pradesh. She has been absconding for the last 20 days.

Last week, Muslim leaders and about 500 youth went as a rally to South Zone DCP V Satyanarayana’s office and submitted a representation requesting to book a case against the woman, against whom complaints have been lodged in other police stations in the city as well.