Activist Shehla Rashid booked on sedition charge, 'promoting enmity'

The Delhi Police have filed a sedition case against activist Shehla Rashid for allegedly spreading misinformation about the Kashmir situation after the amendment to Article 370.

The Delhi Police said a First Information Report (FIR) was registered on Wednesday against Ms. Rashid based on a complaint by a lawyer at the Tilak Marg police station.

“FIR has been registered under IPC Section



124-A (sedition), 153-A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 153 (wantedly giving provocation with intent to cause riot),” said a police officer.

The case has been transferred to the Special Cell for investigation. Most of the tweets referred in the complaint were made around August 18.