NEW DELHI, 13 January 2022, (TON): India’s Supreme Court has issued notice to a northern Himalayan state following a petition that sought to prosecute several Hindu religious leaders for allegedly calling for a genocide of Muslims at a closed-door meeting last month.

Three Supreme Court judges said “they were notifying the Uttarakhand state government that they will investigate the case next week.”

According to a police complaint “the religious leaders called on Hindus to arm themselves to kill Muslims during a meeting in the northern holy town of Haridwar, in Uttarakhand, in December.”

The police said “they were questioning suspects over the hate speech, but no arrests have been made.”

Videos of the event had sparked outrage, prompting demands for action. In one clip that went viral, a speaker at the gathering told the crowd that people should not worry about going to jail for killing Muslims.

The woman said “even if just a hundred of us become soldiers and kill two million of them, we will be victorious … If you stand with this attitude only then will you able to protect ‘sanatana dharma’ [an absolute form of Hinduism.”