Hyderabad gang rape and murder case: Telangana Police books BJP MLA Raja Singh for hurting religious sentiments in social media post

Hyderabad: A case has been registered against Telangana's lone BJP MLA T Raja Singh Lodh on a complaint that he made certain statements on social media that hurt the religious sentiments of a community, police said on Wednesday.[caption id="attachment_7740271" align="alignleft" width="380"]

File image of BJP Mala Raja Singh. Image courtesy: Twitter@TigerRajaSingh[/caption]Some members of the community had filed a complaint stating that Singh made some comments over the name of one of the accused in the case relating to the gang rape and murder of a woman veterinarian near here last month, which they claimed hurt their religious feelings, police said.Following the complaint, an inquiry was conducted and a case under IPC Section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings), was registered at Bahadurpura police station against Singh, who represents Goshamahal constituency here, they said.A similar complaint was also filed by some members of the community on Tuesday with the Kamatipura Police Station.However, no case was registered as one already existed, police Inspector G Rambabu said.Singh has been booked earlier for his alleged controversial statements and speeches against a particular community.