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FIR against U.P. Minister for `inflammatory speech'

LUCKNOW: A police case has been registered against Samajwadi Party Minister Mohammad Azam Khan for allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech during an election rally at Ferozabad on Tuesday.

An FIR was lodged at Rasoolpur police station in Ferozabad by the district administration on the directives of the Election Commission, Additional Chief Electoral Officer M Narayan told reporters here on Thursday. He said the EC had ordered video recording of speeches of important leaders and the address by Mr. Khan was also recorded.

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On examination of the video recording, it was found that the speech contained ``inflammatory references'' against a community and accordingly an FIR was lodged, he said.- PTI

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