Gujarat police urged to act on alleged threats, communal incitement circulated online

By A Representative 

The Minority Coordination Committee Gujarat has submitted a formal complaint to the Director General of Police, Gujarat, seeking the registration of an FIR and urgent preventive action over an alleged social media post that it claims contains public threats, incitement to violence, and the spread of communal hatred.

In its representation, the organisation stated that a video uploaded on a social media account identified as “vhpgujarat_”, associated with the Vishva Hindu Parishad Gujarat, shows representatives and activists of the Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal allegedly issuing open threats of violence against members of a particular religious community. 

According to the complaint, the video uses explicit language, including threats of physical harm, and gives an ultimatum of 24 hours to the local administration, warning that the organisation would “take action” if authorities failed to act. The committee has alleged that this amounts to a direct call to take the law into one’s own hands and a challenge to the established law and order machinery.

The Minority Coordination Committee said that the circulation of the video has created an atmosphere of fear among members of the Muslim community in Vijaynagar and surrounding areas, raising concerns about the possibility of communal violence and a deterioration of public order. It has argued that issuing public threats and ultimatums to the administration by private organisations or individuals is unlawful and poses a serious challenge to the state’s law and order system.

In the complaint, the organisation has cited provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including sections related to promoting enmity on religious grounds, criminal intimidation, serious threats, and statements likely to disturb public peace, along with other relevant sections. It has also referred to Supreme Court directions in the Shaheen Abdulla v. Union of India case, which call for suo motu action by authorities to curb hate speech.

The committee has requested that an FIR be registered immediately against those responsible for uploading the post and for the individuals seen and heard in the video, that their identities be established and they be detained and questioned, and that the allegedly unlawful and violence-inciting content be removed from social media platforms. It has further sought the deployment of additional police force as a precautionary measure to prevent any potential violence and maintain public order.

The representation, dated January 22, 2026, has been signed by Mujahid Nafees, Convener of the Minority Coordination Committee Gujarat, and copies have also been forwarded to the Superintendent of Police, Himmatnagar, Sabarkantha. The organisation has urged the police to take prompt and impartial action to ensure that law and order is preserved.