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Sharmistha Panoli Row: Kolkata Police Justifies Arrest of Influencer, Says They 'Acted Lawfully'
- On Friday night in Gurugram, Kolkata Police arrested Sharmistha Panoli, a young law student and social media personality, in connection with a controversial Instagram video linked to Operation Sindoor.
- Her arrest followed the filing of an FIR in late May at a Kolkata police station over allegations that her comments on Prophet Muhammad incited communal hatred and hurt religious sentiments.
- Kolkata Police said Panoli and her family absconded and that attempts to serve notices failed, while she had already deleted the video and publicly apologized on May 15.
- BJP leaders accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of selective targeting to appease vote banks, while critics including Geert Wilders and Congress MP Karti Chidambaram condemned the arrest as misuse of police powers.
- Her judicial custody until June 13 highlights concerns over shrinking free speech in India amid enforcement of laws intended to prevent hate speech rather than criminalize dissent or satire.
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Calcutta HC denies bail to Sharmishta Panoli over remarks on Prophet Muhammad
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, June 3, directed the West Bengal government to produce the case diary in connection with the arrest of law student Sharmistha Panoli on June 5, when her interim bail prayer will be heard again. Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, who presided over the matter, while denying ad-interim bail, said, “Look, we have freedom of speech, but that doesn’t mean you will go on to hurt others,” reported Live Law. T…
Sharmistha Panoli Latest News: An FIR has now been filed against Wajahat Khan, who filed a complaint in the Sharmistha Panoli case. It is alleged that he tried to spread hatred and hurt religious sentiments by using objectionable language on social media.
TMC is endangering the life of Sharmishta Panoli with its dangerous rhetoric, just to appease its Muslim vote bank
The high-handedness of the Mamata-run administration did not stop at merely rationalising the arrest of the 22-year-old college girl or ignoring the objectionable posts made by Wazahat Khan. The TMC ecosystem went ahead and painted a target on the head of Sharmihsta Panoli, who was already being hounded by an online Muslim lynch mob.
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