The production warrant has been submitted on January 7 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court in Indore and the Indore Central Jail, where Munawar Faruqi is serving his judicial custody.
Abhay Kumar Jha, a member of Maithili community in Howrah, condemned the statement of Kalyan Banerjee and threatened to launch a protest if he did not apologise within 24 hours.
During the preliminary investigation, Deputy Commissioner of Police Vikrant Patil spoke to the temple caretaker, Koteswaramma and assured the protestors that the accused would be nabbed.
Shivam Rawat said, "I have come to realise that if such behaviour is left unquestioned, it will only encourage others to further indulge in blatant Hinduphobia with impunity."