Offence under Atrocities Act registered against AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jun 13 (PTI) A case has been registered against AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly using the term Harijan', police said.<br>The First Information Report was registered at the Kranti Chowk police station here on Thursday after a Republican Party of India (Athawale) worker lodged a complaint against Jaleel, a former MP and present state unit head of the All India Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen, said an official.<br>Jaleel, at a press conference on June 11, had made allegations against social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat regarding a land transaction.<br>The minister belongs to an SC community and Jaleel used the wordHarijan' repeatedly and thus disrespected' the community, the complaint claimed.<br>The FIR was registered under section 3 (1) (r) of the SC, ST Act for allegedlyinsulting or intimidating a member of a scheduled caste or scheduled tribe with an intent to humiliate, within a public view,' said the police official.

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