A local court in Anantapur, in the Andhra Pradesh state, issued the arrest warrant after Dhoni failed to appear in court despite being summoned three times, the Indian daily added.
The police has been directed to present Dhoni in court on July 16.
The Indian captain came under heat after a controversial picture of his was published in a magazine.
Business Today, published in India, in its April 2013 edition carried carried an image of Dhoni portrayed as Hindu god Vishnu, with the caption "God of Big Deals".
The image also showed Dhoni holding products of several companies, including a shoe in his hand.
Subsequently, a leader of a local party filed a petition in court earlier this year alleging that the cricketer had "hurt the sentiments of Hindus by denigrating a Hindu god," HT reported.
Earlier in February this year, Dhoni, along with Suresh Raina, also came under the scanner for alleged spot-fixing after some classified parts of investigation into the star-studded Indian Premier League (IPL) corruption scam were leaked to a section of the Indian media.
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@ Mega Thats exactly the kind of madness I am talking about. If somebody (and that somebody is not the guy who was killed) posted something offensive or if somebody (not the innocent men, women and children who were raped and killed) burnt the train, let the law take its course. Let the guilty be punished. Who gave the right to fanatic mob to kill innocent people ? There is uproar because the people who had nothing to do with the incident were killed. I hope you can understand this basic thing.
@unbiased the link was on news the technic attacked for FB post. The author was saying how wrong it is to attack someone over a post. It's you who is being judgemental. I never said communal rights are justified again your words. All I meant was there is a "action that's why they got a reaction" nobody is mad enough to attack someone without reason. Two days before they had protested in that area over FB derogatory post. Third day the guy was attacked. As far as congress well if you were indian you would have known. Have you seen their comments after attack? I guess not if you are defending them. A bomb blast targeting majority community by minority, its innocent victims taken into custody. 2. Nobody talked about train burn that killed Hindu pilgrims by them that resulted in riots later, but the riots that followed created uproar why the bias? Does terror or riots have religion? Is their blood more important than someone else's? Why one sided behaviour and injustice? This is pseudo secularism all crimes are categorised by them in terms of religion if its majority exploit, if its minority hide.
@ Mega
My response was for your following quote "Not surprising. As far as him being unrelated, fake or not, it was his profile being used,for which he was attacked for hurting religious and ethnic sentiments using derogatory languages."
His profile was not used. He was innocent and had nothing to do with fb post. If anyone is angry doesnt mean they go around killing innocent people. I am not targeting BJP. My response was for what you said- "rafeeq you are quoting congress mouthpiece papers not neutral ones. And its congress govt ruling the state in which it has happened. They always hide a minority community sins for vote bank politics and tarnish other parties for it. They can’t handle massive defeat they faced in national elections after such long time.Not surprising"
You were biased against political parties and tried to justify the communal riot. While the truth was completely different. No one was hiding anything and rafeeq was not quoting from congress mouthpiece. The link you posted is from a commentator and not an news article. The commentator just gave her opinion on the news article like you and me. Its not news. It puts a great question mark on your intellectual ability and puts you in category of blind follower. You can check Wikipedia on Pune techie murder case if you want a more neutral outlook http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punetechiemurder_case I am no longer interested in replying to you for your closed mindset and complete bias.
@unbaised if you are indeed indian why are you targeting bjp for some vhp organistion? Will you target pmln for ttp just because both share same religion? And did I speak in favour of that group? I said was there was a reason why they targeted, they were angry over FB post. If you notice I said no violence is justified and they were thrown behind bars, how many times do you see this happening in neighbouring country When minority is targeted? We have a vibrant media,judiciary,opposition,laws that's makes sure checks and balances are proper and such people land in jail when proofs are eminent. Here's from your own sourced site article. http://www.firstpost.com/blogs/pune-muslim-techies-murder-over-a-fb-post-is-just-plain-wrong-1556131.html
@Rudra: @Gp65: @Mega: It is a fact that the HRS mob who were protesting the facebook posts happened upon the victim as he was driving home on a motorcycle with his clean-shaven Muslim friend riding pillion. Mohsin was targeted for his looks, we know for sure because his friend escaped scot-free. He also had nothing to do with the facebook posts.
@Rafeeq: No Indian will deny that India has problems. But I would like to know from you, why is it that Pakistanis never bother about other minorities in India? Why is it that Pakistanis will not bother about a Muslim mob setting fire to women and children in Godhra? Why is it that you do not bother about your own minorities in Pakistan who being systematically reduced?
@Unbiased What you just saw above is the rant of a blind follower. Soaking in passion, full of half truths and outright lies. It is difficult to argue with these people. The concepts of diction, the many layers of gray and the subtle complexities of modern society is beyond them. And they are to be found everywhere. Remember words like 'good/evil', 'black/white', 'American exceptionalism' etc?? Tch Tch ;) Yes I'm hinting at Dubya Junior and his die hard defenders here :)
@devta Above them and all is Rajnikant.
@Mega I am an Indian too, and it is so uncool to justify the wrong, no matter which party you support. I supported BJP too, but truth is the techie was killed because he looked like Muslim. He was killed just because of his faith, by Hindu fanatic group. He had nothing to do with fb post, nor his profile was used for the same. They just killed a random muslim man. Please quote your source if you think otherwise. The story was covered by all major channels and newspapers as @ Rafeeq quoted above.
@ rafeeq you are quoting congress mouthpiece papers not neutral ones. And its congress govt ruling the state in which it has happened. They always hide a minority community sins for vote bank politics and tarnish other parties for it. They can't handle massive defeat they faced in national elections after such long time.Not surprising. As far as him being unrelated, fake or not, it was his profile being used,for which he was attacked for hurting religious and ethnic sentiments using derogatory languages. However no violence is justified therefore people were arrested and thrown behind bars. Do these in your country against people who did Mumbai event whom you shower garlands in your cities and welcome as heros then lecture us.
@Gp65 @Rudra You do realize he had nothing to do with those derogatory comments now don't you: http://www.firstpost.com/india/pune-muslim-techie-killed-by-rightwing-mob-over-morphed-fb-posts-1555709.html
"A Muslim IT professional, who was no in way connected to the circulation of the pictures, was attacked by the mob and killed, say the news reports. The Indian Express report says, "Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, a 24-year-old from Solapur district was beaten to death by a mob after he was returning home" from offering namaz."
In fact cracking the case as to who posted it is no joke. It was posted using proxy servers and these are located outside India.
ET: Please allow me to clarify stuff. I am not posting anything derogatory here.
@ raj the thing is in poor taste. It wasn't necessary to joke about reverent god holding consumer products when they could have used any other example. @devta yes some crazy fans do worship celebs. Do we agree with those as majority? Nope. And those are not like the one above where head of a god is cut and replaced by by a mortal captain dhoni holding junk food packets while rest pic remain same. Its mockery.
@Realist: Your opinion on Modi will not change but the facts you quoted that he did nothing to stop the riots are wrong. He declared a curfew right away. There were shoot at sight orders and over 50 policemen died trying to control the riots. He sought help from neighbouring states but they belonged to another political party and refused to help. He finally called the army on day 2. Since it was posted on the order in the aftermath of the parliament attack in Dec 2001, it took a day for it to come. The riots stopped after the army flag march on day 3.
In the last 12 years not only have there not been any riots in Gujarat, there has not even been a curfew in any district of Gujarat for a single day.
@Pity: The killing of the Pune techie was a crime and.the leader of the group (HRS) responsible for doing this was arrested and will be tried. No party has tried to defend the killing. Incidentally, he was not killed for being a Muslim or sporting a beard but because he had written many things against the local hero Shivaji. Again, the killing was clearly unjustified and the criminals have been arrested and will be punished but the broad statement that this happened because he was Muslim and sported a beard is absurd. Even in the Gujarat that was ruled by Modi, you will find any number of women in Burkha and men with dadhi and skull cap going about their business normally. Muslim attire does not result in people being killed.
@Rudra,
Firstly, thanks for a relatively unbiased and practical response. It's nice to see people other than ultra-nationalist Indians who are venomously anti-Pakistani on these forums. Secondly, I believe, as many in India do as well, that Modi was responsible for the massacre (whether directly or indirectly, whether inciting it or choosing not to do enough to stop it, etc.). Anyway, my comment was a poke at your current government as many in your own country have claimed that it is perhaps as vehemently racist as perhaps the TTP, though in sheep's clothing.
@pity for your kind information he wasn't beaten for sporting a beard but posting inflammatory FB post against their a particular religion practices and their leaders inciting hatred. And the govt has already formed enquiry and commission over it arrested 20 people for it. Before you judge others its better if you look into your own background where there is no system of arrests over crime. And your logic of beard holds no sense since even Hindus who go to pilgrimage to Ayappa temple wear beard apart from Sikhs and Jews. Nobody can make out just by heard which religion he follows. @realist police don't work on whims and fancy as per your wishes but proof. And not doing enough to curb from violence being escalated when it could have been controlled is a trait of inefficiency as CM for which he may be blamed but not other fabricated claims you make..
There are rather pointless complaints filed for everything - nothing will come of it and it will be a non-issue in a day or two. The difference (to my Pak friends) is that no one is going to shoot him and he is not going to leave the country in fear of his life.
For those who were not trusting ET, here you go: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Andhra-Pradesh-court-issues-arrest-warrant-against-MS-Dhoni/articleshow/37121915.cms
@rahul: FYI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Andhra-Pradesh-court-issues-arrest-warrant-against-MS-Dhoni/articleshow/37121915.cms
@rahul: below link will prove the authenticity of this news http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/andhra-court-issues-arrest-warrant-against-dhoni/article1-1233029.aspx
PAk should stop watching and playing cricket . It is just lazy and money making for few. Whole nation give a complete day to one match. Rather Pak should go fast fast and hard sports like Hockey and football. For betterment of youth and healthy nation.
Guys can anyone else see smoke from the eastern border?
Where's Modi's arrest warrant then? Or is massacring a specific religious group okay in India?
@rahul: Can you please check this image is also 'fabricated' by ET? BTW here you go... http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/andhra-court-issues-arrest-warrant-against-dhoni/article1-1233029.aspx
Religious sentiments? We should outlaw 'having my religious sentiments hurt' and all will be fine with the world!
It looks like some Hindus want to act like Muslims We shouldn't get too upset for this. May be holding the shoe is poor idea. All it needed is letter to the editor it was stupid idea. And how is Dhoni responsible for this?
Something's black in the pulse. In easy words, 'Daal me kaala'?
ET, I guess your reporting should be more precise. The warrant is nothing about MSD being in scanner, but for the gear he used that portrayed him as some hindu god. Hindus say it has hurt their religious sentiments.
Sorry my mistake. Dhoni had nothing to do with that image. It was created by a business magazine.
LOL .. ET, from where did you fabricate this news?? It would have been a breaking news in our channels but I cant see any. Can you post the link in TOI from where you got the news!!
and it all falls dowwnnn.