In a dramaatic turn in the ongoing communal video controversy, kolkata police has arrested wazahat Khan, The Man Who Had Earlier Filed a Complaint AGINEST SOCIAL Media Influence and Mo Panoli. Khan has now ben Booked for Allegedly Promoting Communal Disharmony and Hurting Religious Sentments Through His own social media activity.
According to Officials, Khan was Taken Into Custody on Monday Evening from the Amherst Street Police Station. He has been booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), Including Sections 196 (1) (a) (a), 299, 352, and 353 (1) (c). The charges stem from a case registered at the Golf Green Police Station in Kolkata.
Allegations of Anti-Hindi posts Spark Arrest
The Arrest Follows a Complaint Filed by Prasun Maitra, President of An NGO Based in North 24 Parganas. Maitra Accused Khan of Repeated Posting Derogatory and Inflammatory Content Targeting The Hindu Community on X (Formerly Twitter).
“This is to draw your attention to the following tweets (now deleted) by one wazahat khan qadri rashidi with the identity of x handle @rashidi_wazahat rights related to the people Globe, “Maitra Wrote in His Complaint to the Kolkata Police and Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime).
He added, “Your Recent Activism Shows that you are very much aganst Such Communately Instituting Posts and Determined to Enforce the rules the rules of law. Against the person descibed above, in line with your recent activities and as per the law of the land, so that your integrity does not come under any question. “
The sharmistha panoli case: a timeline
Wazahat khan had earlier filed an Fir against sharmistha panoli, alleging that she posted a video on Instagram Containing Derogatory Remarks about a Particular Rangion. The video was later taken down, and panoli is issued an unconditional apology. Despite this, Kolkata Police Issued An Arrest Warrant After Repeated Attempts to serve her legal notice fake.
She was Eventually arrested in Gurugram on Friday Night and Produced in Alipore Court on Saturday. Panoli has since being ableded to judicial custody until June 13.
