The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), on Friday, 12 August, arrested Muhammad Nadeem, an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed and Tehrikh-e-Taliban Pakistan-linked terrorist who was tasked to kill suspended-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, from UP’s Saharanpur.
ANI said that the terrorist was allegedly in direct contact with the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the TTP.
On 26 May, Nupur Sharma made controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad, during a prime-time show on Times Now.
Later, on 1 June, Naveen Jindal also posted a similar remark on Twitter. The remarks sparked protests across the country and drew global outrage, with 16 nations, including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, summoning Indian embassies in response to the provocative comments.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, amidst the disapproval, suspended the party’s spokesperson Nupur Sharma and dismissed their Delhi unit’s media cell head Naveen Jindal from the party’s core membership on 5 June.
Sharma, subsequently, issued an unequivocal…
