In light of these events, on Mid-Day reported on January 29th that the Panvel police have taken out precautionary steps to address concerns about a potential visit by Nitesh Rane to Kachhi Mohalla, in light of his recent speeches. Three people had been injured out of communally charged incidents last week at the area. An officer has stated, according to a report by Mid-Day, “There are discussions that Rane might visit Panvel. So, we have contacted MBVV police and learned how to prevent the large convoy from disappearing in lanes and rampaging in Panvel, where the situation is under control. We will take all measures to uphold peace and will not allow any politicians to disturb communal harmony for political benefit.” 

This is not without precedent. In a recent incident, Rane had visited Mira Road accompanied by a sizable crowd. Mid-Day’s report states that there were goons in this crowd that emerged to harass the people. Last week, Rane had posted a seemingly incendiary post on X, where part of his post had stated, “Chun chun ke marenge !!! Jai Shri Ram.”  

He has also recently given a speech which has spread across the internet. He can be reportedly seen saying that the government is ‘with’ them as long as ‘boss’ is in the ‘bunglow.’

“Do anything you want (trouble Muslims) and if police come your way, just call me for help, I’ll assure your safety. Police won’t do anything to me because our boss is sitting at ‘Sagar’ bunglow.  If any officers come your way don’t forget to give him or her a tight slap. You don’t need to worry about anything, we’re with you. The government is with you.”

पोलीस माझं काहीही वाकडं करु शकणार नाहीत. आपला बॅास बसलाय सागर बंगल्यावर ( गृहमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांचं निवासस्थान ) काहीही होत नाही आपल्या लोकांना… नितेश राणेंचं पोलीसांसमोर वादग्रस्त वक्तव्य. #NiteshRane #MaharashtraPolitics pic.twitter.com/AR8SqWZFhc

— Abhijit Karande (@AbhijitKaran25) January 28, 2024

Sabrang India spoke to citizen on ground, Sadique Basha, who has stated that the situation on ground is normal now. Basha was also one of the organisers of a peace petition last week which reached over 2000 signatories. He has also shared that on January 29th there is going to a public session of reading the Preamble as a means of bringing back normalcy and harmony in the area. 

In other news, news of 19 people, including 4 minors, have been arrested by the authorities on charges related to rioting and the sharing of provocative content across social media platforms had arrived last week. These people were produced in Thane Court. A report by Siasat News stated that no Hindus have been arrested, leading to the conclusion that all those prosecuted remain to be Muslims. The Indian Express had earlier reported that the Mumbai police had accepted the complaint of the Muslim residents of Mira Road after great negotiation, however, no arrests so far have been made on the basis of that complaint. Furthermore, reports have emerged online that the arrested Muslim youth were allegedly beaten in custody and even denied food and treated cruelly. 

Sabrang India tried reaching out to authorities, however, they could not be reached despite several calls.  

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In this speech, Kajal made Islamophobic comments like, “I am seeing that Hindus have left Mira Bhayandar and Jihadis have usurped and captured this area.” She highlighted 3 main factors of Islamic encroachments: 1. Love Jihad 2. Illegal Muslim encroachment and 3. religious conversion. She even called Hindus impotent for not taking up violence. She used derogatory words like ‘Fatherwala’ and ‘Chadarwala’ as well, among other things.

The contents of her speech in detail may be read here.

The speech had caused ripples in the peace-loving residents of the area who had organised a campaign uniquely called ‘#GetWellSoonGeetaJain’ for which the local MLA Geeta Jain had also attended the events where Kajal spoke. The protestors had printed postcards with slogans and the local MLA’s address and were requesting common citizens to add their names and signatures to it. The citizens were against the vitriolic hate speech made by Kajal. However, this campaign was disrupted by the police saying that the MLA;s name cannot be used in the protest. On being asked why, the police reportedly told the organisers that they will not be able to prevent any ‘untoward’ incident from happening if the MLA’s supporters turn up.

The following day, a delegation of citizens and representatives of political parties including the CPI (M), AAP and Shiv Sena(UBT) met the Mira-Bhayandar Vasai Virar police commissioner with a letter listing elements from the vicious hate speech and requested him to take action against Kajal and others. Madhukar Pandey, the Commissioner of Police, had assured the delegation that the event was recorded and also assured them that action will be taken soon.

This FIR appears to have followed this meeting of the delegation as this is a suo moto action by Mira-road police. The FIR has been filed by Havaldar Ranjit Bange. In the FIR it has been stated that the rally was carried out from Golden nest circle to Salasar Central Park ground and culminated there around 11.30 am. It is stated that workers of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal, RSS, Hindu Jagran Manch, Hindu Rastra Sena etc participated in this rally.

The FIR details what Kajal Hindustani spoke about  including Land Jihad, Love Jihad, how to protect Hindu religion, how Muslim men trick Hindu girls through movies, social media into drugs and love jihad and how Hindus should beware of such things.  The FIR calls this speech objectionable and quotes some extracts from the speech as well, including her calls for economic boycott of ‘jihadis’. The FIR states that the speech intended to create enmity, hatred between religions and was detrimental to communal harmony.

The FIR is under the investigation of Inspector Vijaykumar Chavan.

The FIR may be read here:

On Monday as well an FIR was filed against Kajal at Vashi Police station, Navi Mumbai for her speech at Jan Akrosh Morcha held on February 26. She was booked under section 153A (promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion, race, language, etc.), 153 B (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 295A (acts, intended to outrage religious feelings), and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

On April 13, a Gujarat court had granted bail to Hindustani, who had been sent to judicial custody for 14 days for allegedly delivering a hate speech during the Ram Navami celebrations that led to communal clashes in Gujarat’s Una on April 1. She was arrested on April 9 after she surrendered to Una Police.

However, after her bail, two more FIRs are against her but neither Vashi Police nor Mira Road police have proceeded to arrest her.

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