Bhavnagar: An FIR has been registered against VHP leader Pravin Togadia for "inciting communal passions" after he allegdly asked the locals of a society here to forcibly occupy a house purchased by a Muslim man in Hindu majority area.

"An FIR has been filed against him under sections 153(A), 153(B) and under 188 for violating notification of the Election Commission," District Collector and Returning Officer P K Solanki told PTI here today.