Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 12 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh police have registered an FIR against content creator Arpit Sharma for allegedly making inflammatory statements on social media platform X which threaten the “unity, integrity, and sovereignty” of India.
The content creator had allegedly claimed in a now-deleted post on X that protests similar to Nepal could happen in India too.
“Under the Bulandshahr police station limits, a person named Arpit Sharma posted inflammatory statements on ‘X’, taking reference to the protests in Nepal, which pose a threat to the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the nation,” Bulandshahr Superintendent of Police (City) Shanker Prasad told ANI on Friday.
Sharma is currently living in England.
The FIR has been registered under Sections 152 (acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
The complaint, Aslam Malik has alleged that Arpit Sharma “deliberately” put the unity, sovereignty and integrity of India at risk by posting the video and the comments. The complaint alleged that there is a lot of anger in the general public due to the statements.
Sharma, who gives political commentary on social media had allegedly posted a video of the Nepal protests and purportedly stated that the protests in Nepal could spread to India. He has since then deleted the post.
Meanwhile, in Nepal, a high-level political meeting scheduled to take place at 9 am today at the President’s House in Kathmandu has been postponed to 2 pm, according to sources familiar with the development.
The meeting is expected to bring together key political and institutional leaders, including Nepal’s Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel, Chief Justice Prakash Man Singh Raut, and senior leaders of the CPN (Maoist Centre), amid the widespread Gen Z protest that has engulfed the nation for the past few days. Nepalese President Ram Chandra Paudel is also likely to participate in the meeting.
This gathering comes amid Gen Z-led protests and political uncertainty in the country following the resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. One of the key agendas of the meeting is expected to be discussions around the formation of an interim government and the possible appointment of former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim Prime Minister.
Earlier on Thursday, the leaders of the Gen-Z protest in a press conference also collectively endorsed former Karki as their nominee for interim Prime Minister, citing her integrity and independence, following the resignation of the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, after widespread protests across the nation.
The death toll from the protests in the Kathmandu Valley has climbed to 34, as reported by The Himalayan Times, citing data released by the Ministry of Health and Population of Nepal. Over 1,368 people have been injured amid the protests across the country. (ANI)
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