Times of Islamabad

Naseeruddin Shah in big trouble after saying Muslim children unsafe in India, Hindu hardliners book ticket for Karachi

Naseeruddin Shah in big trouble after saying Muslim children unsafe in India, Hindu hardliners book ticket for Karachi

NEW DELHI – Veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah lands in hot waters

A day after veteran Indian actor Naseeruddin’s Shah said that he fears forhis children in India, head of a hardliner group booked his tickets toKarachi.

“If Naseeruddin Shah is scared in India, he should not delay in leaving forPakistan. I have booked a ticket for him for August 14, the PakistanIndependence Day, so that India has one less traitor.”” Amit Jani,President of the group named Navnirman Sena, told *The Times of India.*

Amit Jani, who heads Indian state Uttar Pradesh’s Navnirman Sena, spoke tothe Indian news outlet after the *‘Mirza Ghalib’*actor commented on anumber of issues facing India.

Referring to the recent violence sparked by the discovery of a cow’s death,in which a police officer was killed by a mob, Shah had said that India hasalready witnessed that the death of a cow has more significance than thatof a police officer.

A police officer Subodh Kumar Singh was attacked by a mob when he and histeam had gone to a village to defuse tension after cow carcasses were foundin a forest. The protests escalated after activists of right-wing groupBajrang Dal came to the area and blocked a road with a truck carrying thedead cows.