Faisal Wani, a YouTuber from Kashmir has been arrested for posting a video that showed him beheading an effigy of the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
“Kashmir-based YouTuber Faisal Wani has been arrested. he had uploaded an incriminating video on YouTube which is against public tranquillity and has caused fear and alarm to the public in general,” Jammu and Kashmir police said in a statement.
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Earlier today, Faisal Wani deleted the video and posted an apology on his YouTube channel.
“Yesterday, I made a VFX video about Nupur Sharma which went viral all over India. And an innocent person such as me got implicated in the controversy,” Faisal Wani said in a fresh video today.
He also said that he did not intend to hurt the sentiments of people from other religions. Mr Wani said that he had deleted his video which had gone viral.
In his apology, Mr Wani said, “I hope you will make this video viral too like my other video. This is how everyone will know that I am apologetic about my actions.”
Earlier this month, BJP suspended Nupur Sharma and expelled Delhi BJP media unit Naveen Jindal over their controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
Two people were killed and dozens arrested after demonstrations across the country and clashes in some cities, including in Howrah near Kolkata, over the remarks by Sharma and Jindal.