Besides Muzaffarpur, complaints have been filed against Lalu Prasad in the courts in Patna and Araria on his beef remark.
As beef and cow occupied centrestage in Bihar's electoral discourse, a Muzaffarpur court ordered a First Information Report (FIR) to be registered against the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief, Lalu Prasad over his beef remarks.
Under persistent attack from the BJP over his remarks that "Hindus too eat beef", Mr Prasad had yesterday said its leaders did not consider cow a sacred animal and asked as to how many of them have cowsheds at their homes.
The RJD boss had said BJP leaders preferred to keep dogs as pets and slammed his rivals for questioning his "faith" in cows as he ran a cowshed with 100 to 500 animals.
"People who keep dogs should not tell us cow keepers about cattle rearing," Mr Prasad had tweeted in a retort to BJP leaders gunning for him over his controversial remarks.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ram Chandra Prasad directed Kazi Mohammadpur police station to register an FIR against the RJD chief on a complaint filed by advocate Sudhir Ojha on Monday.
The order came a day after two FIRs were registered against the RJD President in Patna and Jamui for his "Narbhakshi" (cannibal) barb against Amit Shah on the directive of the Election Commission.
Besides Muzaffarpur, complaints have been filed against Mr Prasad in the courts in Patna and Araria on his beef remark.
The ACJM directed that FIR be registered against the RJD chief under sections 153(A), 160, 291 and 295(A) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Section 153(A) relates to promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony.
IPC Section 160 refers to punishment for committing affray, while Section 291 of IPC is continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue.
Section 295(A) relates to deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.