MP minister booked for objectionable remarks against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi

An FIR was registered against Madhya Pradesh Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah over his objectionable remarks against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi who had briefed the media during Operation SindoorThe FIR was filed under sections 152 1961b and 1971c of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNSThis comes after a division bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur took suo motu cognisance against him and directed the Director General of Police DGP to lodge an immediate FIR DrMohanYadav51mdash Office of Dr Mohan Yadav drmohanoffice51 May 14 2025A short time later Office of Dr Mohan Yadav in a post on X said Following the order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court the Chief Minister has given instructions to take action regarding the statement of Cabinet Minister Vijay ShahA division bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Anuradha Shukla heard the matter on WednesdayThe Court said that if the FIR is not registered by Wednesday evening the Court may contemplate proceeding against the Director General of Police of the State for contempt of the orderThe statement made by Minister Vijay Shah prima facie has the propensity to cause disharmony and feelings of enmity or hatred or illwill between the members of the Muslim faith and other persons who do not belong to the same religion the court observed as stated in the order copyThe Court also directed the AG Office to transmit the order forthwith to the Office of the Director General of Police of the State and ensure that it is doneThe next hearing into the matter is scheduled for May 15 and the court has listed the matter on the top of the listThe controversy arose after a video clip of Shahs speech went viral on social media In his clarification Shah said his comments were taken out of context and were meant to praise Colonel Qureshis braverySpeaking to ANI over the row the minister said My entire background is from the military Many of my family members were martyred and were in the military Colonel Sofiya Qureshi is above my real sister who performed the national religion and took revenge on those people She Qureshi is more important than my real sister I had nothing in my mind if something slipped out of the excitement and hurt someone then I would like to apologise from the heart Not once but I apologise ten timesThe minister further said I am a patriotic man and people of every community worked for the nation If something slipped out in anger and someone felt bad then I would like to say that I am not a god I am also a human being I apologise ten times for itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params