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Rajasthan police tutors Salman Chishti to say he made video in an inebriated condition

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Shailesh Khanduri
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Rajasthan police tutors Salman Chishti to say he made video in an inebriated condition

New Delhi: Rajasthan police was caught on camera tutoring Ajmer Dargah cleric Salman Chishti, arrested for threatening to behead Nupur Sharma, to say that he was in an inebriated condition while making the threat video.

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A Rajasthan policeman can be seen putting his hand on Chishti's shoulder and teaching him so that he can be saved.

BJP's spokesperson and IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya shared the video on Twitter stating that Ashok Gehlot's Rajasthan police was trying to save Ajmer dargah cleric by making him accept that the comment of Nupur Sharma's beheading was made by him in an unconscious state of mind.

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Salman Chishti, a cleric of Ajmer dargah sharif, on-camera allegedly offered his house to anyone who beheads now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her controversial remark against Prophet Mohammad. Cleric has now been arrested, police said on Wednesday.

The Ajmer police had registered an FIR against 'khadim' Salman Chishti on Monday night.

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"Salman Chishti was caught last night (Tuesday)... He is a history-sheeter at the Dargah police station," an official said.

In the video, the cleric is purportedly seen and heard announcing he would gift his house to anyone who brings Sharma's head to him. Chishti is also allegedly heard saying he would shoot her dead for insulting the Prophet.

"You have to give a reply to all Muslim countries. I am saying this from Ajmer, Rajasthan, and this message is from Huzur Khwaja Baba ka darbar," he purportedly says in the video, referring to the Sufi shrine that sees many Hindu visitors, apart from Muslim devotees.

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Last week, four people were arrested in connection with another provocative speech allegedly delivered at the main gate of the Ajmer dargah on June 17.

Though that video was in circulation earlier, the arrests were made following the killing of an Udaipur-based tailor Kanhaiya Lal by two men, who said they were avenging an insult to Islam.

The two men were, however, caught by the police when they were fleeing on a motorcycle in Rajsamand. In all, five people have been arrested in connection with the murder case, which is being handled by the National Investigation Agency.

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