Complainant in Sharmishta Panoli case arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments

Jun 10, 2025 - 12:30
Complainant in Sharmishta Panoli case arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments

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The Kolkata Police on Monday arrested Wajahat Khan Qadri, the man whose complaint led to the arrest of 22-year-old law student Sharmishta Panoli, for posting allegedly “malicious and inflammatory” remarks on social media, The Indian Express reported.

Qadri, who was allegedly absconding since June 1, was found in a flat in the city’s Amherst Street area, PTI quoted unidentified police officers as saying. He will be produced before a court on Tuesday, The Indian Express reported.

A complaint had been registered against him on June 5.

He was booked under the same sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita as Panoli: promoting enmity between different groups, deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of any class of citizens, intentional insult with the intent to provoke a breach of peace and statements that incite public mischief, The Indian Express had quoted an unidentified police officer as saying earlier.

Panoli, a fourth-year business and law student at a Pune university, was arrested by the Kolkata Police in Gurugram on May 30 for her remarks about Prophet Muhammad on social media. She deleted the post later and issued an apology on X.

A case was filed against Panoli based on Qadri’s complaints on May 15.

An arrest warrant had been issued against her on May 17, after which she was arrested from Gurugram, brought to Kolkata on a transit remand and remanded...

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