PUNE: Police in Pune on Tuesday booked former AMU student-leader Sharjeel Usmani on the charge of alleged provocative speech at the Elgar Parishad 2021 held in the city on January 30. “We have registered an offence under Section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) of the IPC following a preliminary inquiry and after going through a video of the speech,” DCP Sagar Patil told TOI. Usmani was arrested by the UP police in relation to the anti-NRC, anti-CAA protests. Maharashtra BJP youthwing leader Pradeep Gavade had filed a complaint with police here seeking action against Usmani for promoting enmity between different groups through his speech. BJP MLA Atul Bhatlkalkar also filed a police complaint in Mumbai. BJP’s leader of opposition and former CM Devendra Fadnavis had also written to CM Uddhav Thackeray demanding action against Usmani.