Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, Prabodhanand Giri, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati and unnamed Hindu clerics and BJP leaders #fundie #psycho bbc.com
Videos from a meeting of Hindu religious leaders showing provocative speeches went viral earlier this week, sparking outrage
The event took place in the holy town of Haridwar between 17 and 19 December
Police said they had not opened a case until Thursday because there had been no official complaints before that
There have been no arrests and the police case names only one man - Waseem Rizvi, a Muslim who says he has converted to Hinduism and is now known as Jitendra Narayan Tyagi
Police said a case had been registered against Mr Tyagi and unnamed "others" under charges of "promoting hatred between religious groups". Social media users, however, have identified many of the speakers in the videos who are important religious leaders often seen in the company of ministers and members from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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One organiser of the Haridwar event, Prabodhanand Giri, has often been photographed with party leaders, reported NDTV. In one photo, Uttarakhand's Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami, a BJP politician, is seen touching his feet
At the event, Mr Giri was seen asking India's army, politicians and Hindus to do what was done in Myanmar - referring to the deadly violence against Rohingya Muslims that led to their exodus
He told NDTV he wasn't afraid of the police and stood by his statement
Another speaker, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, has made several anti-Muslim statements in the past
At Haridwar, he, like many others, asked Hindus to pick up weapons to "protect" their religion from Muslims