Lucknow: Police have registered an FIR against two unidentified women and another unidentified person after a video surfaced on social media allegedly showing them pouring water and raising religious slogans at the main entrance of a mosque in Lucknow’s Chowk area.The FIR was lodged at Chowk police station on Tuesday under Section 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). It was registered on the basis of a written complaint by sub-inspector Vivek Singh, in charge of the Rumi Gate police outpost.According to the FIR, an organisation had earlier announced a programme to perform a religious ritual at Tileshwar Mahadev. The organisation later cancelled the plan and announced plans to perform the ritual at their residence.Police said the video came to their notice on Aug 24. The footage purportedly shows two women at the mosque’s main entrance pouring water from a plastic bottle while raising religious slogans. The complaint also states that another person is seen recording the act.The police said the ownership, possession and religious character of the disputed site are currently under court proceedings and that a status quo order is in force. Describing the location as sensitive from a communal and law-and-order perspective, the complaint notes that the act and the recording and circulation of the video could create tension, disharmony or hostility between communities and affect public peace.Police said they would secure and examine the video and other electronic evidence, identify those involved and review the dissemination of the footage on social media as part of the investigation.
