Aamir Khan slapped with sedition case

Risingbd Desk: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has been slapped with sedition charges for his `intolerance` statement.

The complaint has been filed in a Kanpur court by a local lawyer. The court is slated to hear the matter on December 1.

Advocate Manoj Kumar Dixit, who filed the case against Khan, said his `anti-national` statement amounts to sedition.

The case has been filed under IPC section 124 A (sedition), 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on religious grounds) 153 B (Imputations) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief).

Speaking at the eighth edition of the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards, the bollywood actor had expressed alarm and despondency over the rise in cases displaying intolerance in the last six to eight months.

He had said that a sense of `insecurity` and `fear` had seeped deep within society.

"When I go home and talk to Kiran (Aamir`s wife), for the first time she says, `Should we move out of India?`" Khan said.

His comments have been criticised by the BJP as well as some film fraternity members like Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal and Ashoke Pandit. However, Congress and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have supported Aamir.

Source: Agencies

risingbd/DHAKA/Nov 25, 2015/Augustin Sujan