Delhi L- G Approved the Summon Against the Ex JNUSU-Leader

4 men were called into the Army Camp and ‘interrogated’ ...

On 10 January 2023, the Delhi L-G VK Saxena approved the prosecution against Shehla Rashid because of her two tweets against the armed forces of India.

The sanction was related to the case of 23 September 2019 under section 153A Of the Indian penal code when Shehla Rashid tweeted from her account about the Indian army to promote the enmity among the people of different groups on 18 august 2019.

The complainant was made by an advocate Alakh Aalok Shrivastav to the Delhi Police Special Cell and the proposal is supported by the home department.

In his complaint , Shrivastav mentioned that “On 18.08.2019, Ms. Shehla Rashid, resident of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir posted two tweets about the Indian Army, where she wrote that “Armed Forces are entering houses at night, picking up boys, ransacking houses, deliberately spilling rations on the floor, mixing oil with rice, etc” at 12.00 PM on 18.08.2019.

And in the second tweet she mentioned that “In Shopian, 04 men were called into the Army Camp and ‘interrogated’ (tortured). A mic was kept close to them so that the entire area could hear them scream and be terrorized. This created an environment of fear in the entire area,” at 12 pm on August 18, 2019.

The home department observed on the complaint that the nature of the case and the location of a false allegation of tweets can disturb the harmony and lead to a serious issue.