India / Supreme Court extends interim protection to Nupur Sharma till probe is over

New Delhi : In a major relief to Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, the Supreme Court has granted interim protection from arrest till the completion of the investigation in the alleged hate remarks against Prophet Mohammad. Along with this, the court has transferred the investigation of the FIR registered against Nupur Sharma to Delhi Police while directing to transfer all the cases registered against Nupur Sharma in different parts of the country to Delhi.

Hearing Nupur Sharma's petition last month, the Supreme Court had stayed the arrest till August 10, giving a big relief to the suspended BJP leader. Along with this, the court has issued notices to the Center and the states where cases have been registered against them. In this notice, the court had asked the states and the central government why the cases registered against Nupur Sharma should not be transferred to one place.

9 FIRs in different states

In the petition filed by Nupur Sharma, it was said that 9 FIRs are registered against her at different places and all of them should be transferred to one place so that she does not have to travel to different cities of the country. Nupur Sharma's lawyer Maninder Singh had said that her client's life is in danger and she is getting threats from all over the place. To this the court said that we want to uphold your legal options.

After the controversy escalated, she took back her words

Nupur Sharma withdrew her words only after the matter was caught and suspended from the party. Writing a post on social media, Nupur Sharma had said, I could not bear the insult of Mahadev and said some things in anger. I take back my words. Sharma wrote in a tweet, I was going on TV debates for the last several days, where my adorable Shiv ji was being insulted every day. It was being said in front of me that it is not a Shivling but a fountain. Many Shivlings are found on every footpath of Delhi, go and worship them.