Lawyer files complaint against Shehla Rashid over comments on Kashmir

In fresh trouble for political activist Shehla Rashid, a fresh criminal complaint has been filed against her in Mumbai by a Bombay High Court lawyer Virendra Jabra. In a written complaint filed at the Santa Cruz police station, it is alleged that Rashid has made false allegations without any evidence with the intention to defame the reputation of the government.

The complainant further said that Rashid’s comments have defamed the Indian Army and her Twitter account should be immediately suspended. It also sought her arrest in the case. He asked the Mumbai police to file a ‘sedition case against her’.

Rashid, who had recently joined Shah Faesal’s Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement political party, had posted a series of tweets in which she had said, “People are saying that Jammu and Kashmir Police has no authority on law and order situation. They have been rendered powerless. Everything is in the hands of paramilitary forces. One SHO was transferred on complaint of a CRPF man. SHOs carrying batons. Service revolvers can’t be seen on them.”