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Sharmistha was arrested by Kolkata police from Haryana’s Gurugram Friday night in connection with an FIR lodged at Kolkata’s Garden Reach police station last month over an Instagram video on Operation Sindoor in which she made alleged controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
She subsequently deleted the video and issued an apology on 15 May, but the Kolkata Police took her into custody saying she and her family “absconded” and attempts to serve notices to appear for questioning were not successful. On Saturday, Sharmistha was produced before the Alipore Court in Kolkata, which remanded her in judicial custody or 14 days.
What has now further drawn attention to the case is the comment of Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who called the action a “disgrace for freedom of speech” and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene for Sharmistha’s release. Wilders is a leader of the far-right Party for Freedom.
“Free the brave Sharmishta Panoli! It’s a disgrace for the freedom of speech that she was arrested. Don’t punish her for speaking the truth about Pakistan and Muhammad. Help her @narendramodi,” Wilders said in a post on ‘X’.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram called the arrest “a blatant misuse of police powers,” adding on X: “These interstate arrests for social media posts (unless it’s clearly demonstrated that it has led to a law and order situation) is blatantly a misuse of police powers.”
theprint.in
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Who Is Sharmishta Panoli, What Did She Say That Landed Her In Jail
Sharmishta Panoli, a fourth-year law student at a Pune institute, was arrested from Gurugram on Friday.
www.ndtv.com
Sharmistha was arrested by Kolkata police from Haryana’s Gurugram Friday night in connection with an FIR lodged at Kolkata’s Garden Reach police station last month over an Instagram video on Operation Sindoor in which she made alleged controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
She subsequently deleted the video and issued an apology on 15 May, but the Kolkata Police took her into custody saying she and her family “absconded” and attempts to serve notices to appear for questioning were not successful. On Saturday, Sharmistha was produced before the Alipore Court in Kolkata, which remanded her in judicial custody or 14 days.
What has now further drawn attention to the case is the comment of Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who called the action a “disgrace for freedom of speech” and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene for Sharmistha’s release. Wilders is a leader of the far-right Party for Freedom.
“Free the brave Sharmishta Panoli! It’s a disgrace for the freedom of speech that she was arrested. Don’t punish her for speaking the truth about Pakistan and Muhammad. Help her @narendramodi,” Wilders said in a post on ‘X’.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram called the arrest “a blatant misuse of police powers,” adding on X: “These interstate arrests for social media posts (unless it’s clearly demonstrated that it has led to a law and order situation) is blatantly a misuse of police powers.”
Sharmishta Panoli arrest brings Congress’s Karti, BJP’s Suvendu on same page; Dutch MP also chimes in
Kolkata cops arrested Panoli from Gurugram over Instagram video in which she made alleged controversial remarks on Prophet. Court has remanded her to judicial custody till 13 June.
theprint.in
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