Nupur Sharma, Saba Naqvi and others booked by Delhi Police for spreading hate

The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi police has registered a case under various provisions against several individuals, including Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal, for spreading hateful messages, inciting groups, and creating an atmosphere detrimental to the maintenance of public tranquillity, news agency ANI reported.

This comes amid a controversy over BJP leader Nupur Sharma's suspension for allegedly making inappropriate statements against Prophet Mohammad during a TV discussion.

"The police have registered an FIR against multiple individuals cutting across religions and will investigate their roles on various social media entities in promoting false information with an intention to create unrest in cyberspace having ramifications on the physical space, thereby compromising with the social fabric of the country," IFSO official told ANI.

Nupur Sharma, Naveen Kumar Jindal, Shadab Chauhan, Saba Naqvi, Maulana Mufti Nadeem, Abdur Rehman, Gulzar Ansari, Anil Kumar Meena, and Pooja Shakun are among those named in the FIR, according to the police. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Delhi Police provided security to suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma after a FIR was filed on a charge that she was receiving death threats as a result of her controversial religious statements. "Sharma and her family have been provided police security after she alleged that she has been receiving threats and was being harassed over her remarks," an official said. After her alleged incendiary remarks against minorities, the BJP removed its spokesperson Nupur Sharma from the party's primary membership on Sunday.