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(h) That you 'published the inflammatory speeches delivered by you and Sarvasri Vimal Mehrotra, S. K. D. Paliwal, Shamshe Ninai, Saidullah Khan in a meeting convened by you in Mohammad Ali Park on 2-9-56,. in the Daily Siyasat dated 3-9-56 at pages 1 and 4 under inciting headlines. (The relevant portion is enclosed in red lines in the attached copy of Siyasat dated 3-5-56).

(i) That you published a news item in the daily Siyasat dated 3-9-56 at page 4 under provocative headlines propagating that the agitation was spreading like wide fire and should not cease until their demands for dismissal of Sri K. M. Munshi and proscription of the book were conceded. (The relevant portion is enclosed in red lines in the attached copy of Siyasat dated 3-9-56).

On the same date at a post prayer meeting presiding over by Sri Shabbir Khan highly inflammatory speeches were made. These meetings. and the procession gave rise to a strong wave of resentment among all other communities at Aligarh and there was a general feeling that the activities of the Muslims were treacherous and seditious. It was felt that a book which was published long ago had suddenly been utilized to incite the communal feelings of the Muslims. Muslim mobs at Aligarh were worked up to a frenzy by the statement made by you that Sri K. M. Munshi was guilty of a most dirty offence against the whole Islamic world.

(f) That on account of the communal frenzy created among the Muslims by publication of inciting matter by you in the 'Siyasat' in respect of the book 'Religious Leaders' protest meetings were held in most of the mosques of Kanpur city on 21st August 1956, after Jumma prayers. Oaths were taken from the Muslims that they would always be ready to 'sacrifice themselves and their children and would be ready to face bullets of the police.' A public meeting was held inside the Idgah (Faithfulganj) from 2 to 4 P.M. on 31st August 1956 the sentiments of the Muslims present were whipped into communal frenzy by the inflammatory speeches exhorting them that the forefathers had killed those persons, who had insulted their prophet and religion.