India, May 15 -- Madhya Pradesh tribal affairs minister Vijay Shah was booked on charges of endangering sovereignty and promoting enmity between groups on Wednesday, hours after the MP high court took suo motu cognisance of controversial remarks made by him on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and asked the police to register a first information report (FIR).

A division bench of justices Atul Shridharan and Anuradha Shukla ordered that the FIR be filed under sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups) and 197 (action and statement that harm national integration). "An FIR has been registered against Vijay Shah as per the direction given by honourable MP high court under section 152 (endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India)...