Gujarat Congress leader arrested for alleged ‘morale-breaking’ posts about Operation Sindoor

Gujarat Congress leader Rajesh Soni was arrested on Friday for posting allegedly misleading and “morale-breaking” content about Operation Sindoor on social media, PTI reported.

Soni was booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to acts endangering India’s sovereignty, unity and integrity, and statements conducing to public mischief, PTI quoted Superintendent of Police (CID-Cyber Crime) Bharatsinh Tank as saying.

The first information report in the matter was filed based on a complaint by a sub-inspector in Gandhinagar’s cybercrime cell.

Soni had shared videos and images on Facebook relating to Operation Sindoor, the Rafale deal and other sensitive matters, The New Indian Express quoted the complaint as having alleged.

It also alleged that Soni’s social media posts were meant to undermine the morale of the Indian Army, cast doubt on its duties, erode public trust in the armed forces and raise alarm about national security.

Tensions between India and Pakistan escalated on May 7 when the Indian military carried out strikes – codenamed Operation Sindoor – on what it claimed were terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

The strikes were in response to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which killed 26 persons on April 22.

The Pakistan Army retaliated to Indian strikes by repeatedly shelling Indian villages along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. At least 22 Indian civilians and eight defence personnel were killed in the...

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