Belagavi, June 12: Three persons were arrested for hanging an effigy of suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma from an electric wire resembling a public execution near a mosque on Fort Road, Belagavi Karnataka, police said, on Saturday as per media reports.
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As the issue triggered public outrage, police along with the city municipal corporation removed it quickly, they added.
The police have registered a case for spreading enmity between communities and disturbing peace in society.
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The BJP on June 5 suspended Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad escalated with protests from some Muslim countries.
Delhi Police had provided security to Sharma and her family after an FIR was registered on a complaint that she was getting death threats over her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). She had requested the police to provide security citing harassment and threats she had been receiving.
