Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Thursday booked former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's close aide Virender Singh for sedition over an audio clip of his conversation in which he allegedly incited violence during the Jat quota agitation.
An FIR has been registered in Rohtak against Virender under various sections of IPC including sedition, criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity between different groups and mischief.
Virender, advisor to former CM Hooda of Congress, had earlier accepted that the voice in the clip was his but alleged the conversation has been "doctored". He had maintained that nowhere had he talked about instigating Jats or anyone. "Moreover, the conversation is an old one, much before the current unrest started," he had said earlier.
After the clip went viral two days back, BJP government had said it will thoroughly probe the matter.
Leader of Opposition in Haryana Assembly and senior INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala had said the clip makes it clear how "attempt" was being made to "instigate" the protesters "sitting peacefully".
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