PTI, AURANGABAD: An AIMIM corporator has been arrested here on charges of trying to promote enmity and incite riot after he opposed a resolution in the municipal corporation to pay tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, police said today.
The police later also registered a case against five BJP corporators including the deputy mayor of the city for allegedly thrashing the AIMIM corporator at the meeting of the civic body in Aurangabad in central Maharashtra.
Syed Mateen Sayyad Rashid, a member of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) belonging to the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), was arrested last night, a police official said.
The arrest was made after a complaint was filed against him by the AMC’s security officer, he said.
Rashid (32) was booked under IPC sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 294 (obscene acts in public) at the City Chowk police station.
Earlier yesterday, Rashid was allegedly thrashed by BJP corporators for opposing a condolence motion for paying homage to Vajpayee who died in New Delhi on August 16.
The alleged incident took place during the general body meeting of the civic body, ruled by BJP-Shiv Sena combine.
