According to officials, Dr Sheeba Khan, a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) practitioner, was taken into custody under preventive measures for breach of peace and later released on a personal bond on Thursday, December 11.
The Trinamool Congress on Thursday suspended Debra MLA Humayun Kabir from the party after he claimed that he would “build a Babri Masjid” in Murshidabad district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hoisted a saffron flag at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, marking the completion of its construction on the site where the historic Babri Masjid was demolished by Hindutva organisations in 1992, and where he was among the leaders of the Hindutva mob that carried out the demolition.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has come under sharp criticism for a social media post praising Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L.K. Advani, a politician long accused of spreading Islamophobia and fuelling anti-Muslim violence through his political career.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to quash a criminal case filed against a Muslim man accused of posting a social media message about the demolished Babri Masjid, which read, “Babri Masjid will one day be rebuilt, just like Turkey’s Sophia Mosque.”