COURTESY HT FEB 7

MUNAWAR RELEASE HALTED AS JAIL DOESN’T GET ORDER

Munawar Faruqui
Bhopal/Indore : Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui continued to remain in jail on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in a case registered against him in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Officials of the Indore Central Jail, where Faruqui has been lodged for at least a month, said the 32-year-old was not released as they had not received an order from the Prayagraj court, which also issued a production warrant against him for allegedly offending religious feelings through his jokes. The SC had also restrained UP police from arresting him.

“Faruqui was not released from Indore Central Jail as the jail administration didn’t receive any order from the Prayagraj trial court for staying the production warrant,” said LKS Bhadoriya, additional superintendent, Indore central Jail.

Faruqui’s advocate Anshuman Srivastava said, “The SC certified copy has not been uploaded yet so the jail authorities didn’t receive the order. We have approached the district court in Indore and also the trial court in Prayagraj.” htc