Syed Salman Chishti, khadim of Ajmer Sharif Dargah, was arrested by the Rajasthan Police on Tuesday night, for making provocative comments against suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, Ajmer DSP Sandeep Saraswat told Media. He has now been sent under police remand for two days.

Syed Salman Chishti, a history-sheeter, had released a video wherein he abused Nupur Sharma and made an appeal to kill Nupur Sharma for her remarks involving Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Chishti said that the BJP leader has betrayed the pride of Khwaja Saheb and Mohammad Saheb, in such a situation, he will give his house and his property to the one who will bring him her head.

The Ajmer police had registered an FIR against Chishti on Monday night. Chishti is a resident of the Chishti Dargah police station area. According to police, there are multiple cases registered against him in different police stations.

Earlier on June 28, a tailor Kanhaiya Lal was beheaded by two Muslim men Mohammad Riyaz Attari and Ghous Muhammad in Udaipur's Maldas street area for a social media post backing Nupur Sharma's comments on Prophet. The two men posted a video boasting about the beheading and threatened PM Modi's life as well. A few days later, Amravati-based chemist Umesh Kolhe was killed by a group of Muslim men for sharing posts in support of Nupur Sharma.

Last month, Nupur Sharma allegedly made remarks against Prophet during a television news debate on the Gyanvapi issue when a few speakers (representing the other side) made a mockery of Lord Shiva by comparing Shivling to cylindrical pillars on Delhi roads.