Meghalaya police register case against influencer for violating religious sanctity of Mawlynnong church

SHILLONG, DEC 28: The state police on Friday registered a case against one Akash Sagar, who is a social media user, for violating the religious sanctity of a church in Mawlynnong village in East Khasi Hills.

“We have registered a case on the matter,” district police chief Sylvester Nongtnger said.

According to him, police are investigating into the incident.

On December 26, the Thma U Rangli-Juki (TUR) leader Angela Rangad had filed an FIR against a social media user for criminally trespassing the Church of Epiphany at Mawlynnong in East Khasi Hills – also known as the cleanest village in Asia – and shouted non-Christian slogans allegedly aimed at creating communal disharmony.

In a complaint lodged with the Laitumkhrah police station, Rangad had said, “Recently I came across videos on social made, Facebook and Instagram by one Akash Sagar, where he is found criminally trespassing the Church of Epiphany, Mawlynnong, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya and deliberately desecrating the religious sanctity of the church by deliberately and in a premeditated and planned way trespassed into the altar area and shouted non Christian slogans and mockingly sang non Christian songs.”

“This act was deliberately and in collusion with two others who appear in the video, done to create communal disharmony, insulting the minority culture and to establish a majoritarian culture of hate in violation of all constitutional rights of religious freedom,” she added.

Rangad also alleged that this video creates a culture of fear and is liable to creating public disorder while adding moreover these videos are being shared widely by handles promoting religious majoritarianism and hate.

“I therefore appeal to you to take strong legal action against this person involved in this criminal act and criminal conspiracy and also ask the social media platforms to ban these videos, their creator and the people and groups that are sharing these. This person needs to be booked and legal action should ensue to ensure that such criminal acts that threaten the peace do not take place again,” TUR leader had stated in the FIR.

Meanwhile, the Central Puja Committee (CPC) had also noted with anguish a video, presently circulating in social media, wherein one individual by the name of Akash Sagar is seen involved in deliberately outraging and violating the religious sanctity of a church located in Mawlyynong in East Khasi Hills.

In a statement on Thursday, CPC president N. Bhattacharjee had said, “(We) strongly condemns the activity of this individual and urges the district administration to investigate the matter and initiate immediate action as per law and take stringent exemplary action against the offender.”

He said that Meghalaya is known all over the country for upholding religious harmony among all faiths residing in the state, which at no cost should be allowed to be affected by such irresponsible act of an individual to disrupt the unique age-old brotherhood among people of different religion and faith.

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