Instagram influencer Sharmishta Panoli Panoli arrested in Gurugram over post on Operation Sindoor

Social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli was arrested by Kolkata Police in Haryana’s Gurugram for her alleged controversial remarks linked to India’s Operation Sindoor, in a video that sparked widespread outrage. Panoli was produced before a court and sent to judicial custody for two weeks.

In a now-deleted video, Panoli allegedly made communal remarks where she accused Bollywood actors of remaining silent on Operation Sindoor. Police said her “derogatory and disrespectful" comments were aimed at a particular religious community.

“The harassment you have done, being in a democracy, this is not what a democracy is," she said after the Alipore CJM Court sent her to judicial custody till June 13.