Sedition case filed against Aamir Khan, complaint says he tried to divide the country

Reports said the case, filed by a local lawyer in the Kanpur sessions court is expected to be heard on December 1.

 

It has been alleged in the court  that the actor tried to divide the country with his statement on intolerance at the Ramnath Goenka Awards for Journalism on Monday.

 

Joining the chorus of distinguished personalties who are up against the incidence of intolerance, Aamir Khan had said : “I feel there is a sense of insecurity, there is a sense of fear... I think in the last 6 months...8 months, there has been a growing sense of despondency...Kiran and I have lived all our lives here...for the first time Kiran says we will move out of India...it is a very disastrous and a big statement for Kiran to make to me....She fears for her child...she fears what the atmosphere around us will be...she feels scared to open the newspapers everyday. So that does indicate that there is sense of growing disquiet, there is a sense of growing despondency...So that sense does exist in me to be quite honest.”

This comes a day after a complaint was filed against the actor at a police station in the national capital.

Meanwhile, the government has said that the statement by the actor has hurt the sentiments of the people of the country. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said, "Unfortunately, knowingly or unknowingly he has hurt India, we are pained by his remarks."