BJP MP Tejasvi Surya is booked for allegedly spreading false claims linking a farmer's suicide to disputes.

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya has been booked by police in Haveri, Karnataka, for allegedly spreading false information linking a farmer's suicide to land disputes with the Waqf Board. On November 7, Surya claimed the farmer took his life after his land was seized, but police clarified that the suicide was due to loan and crop losses. The FIR cites Section 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for inciting communal tensions, and editors of two Kannada news portals were also implicated.

November 08, 2024
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