Faizan Khan faizan. khan@ mid- day. com THE Azad Maidan police on Monday registered an FIR against LGBT activist Urvashi Chudawala and 50 unidentified people for shouting slogans in favour of Sharjeel Imam, who was recently arrested by Delhi police for sedition, at the Queer Pride March 2020 last week.
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They have booked them on sedition charges for supporting the JNU student who faces sedition charges in five states.
Meanwhile, the police are examining Chudawalau2019s social media profiles. u201c The case has been registered and the matter is being investigated,u201d said Mumbai police spokesperson DCP Pranay Ashok.
u201c What is this going on in Mumbai? And why is the Maharashtra govt tolerating this?u201d he tweeted. Later, he told mid- day, u201c The police must arrest the accused and investigate the matter thoroughly, and the government should not allow such protests where people shout anti- India slogans.u201d Meanwhile, Deshmukh also said a closure report in the FIR against Mehak Mirza Prabhu will be filed soon. Prabhu was booked last month for holding a u2018 Free Kashmiru2019 placard at an anti- CAA protest at the Gateway of India. During the probeit was revealed that Prabhu did not mean Kashmiru2019s freedom from India but was seeking the freedom of Kashmiris from the restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in August, Deshmukh said.
u201c Though we are still investigating who actually brought the objectionable placard to the protest,u201d he said.
Despite several attempts, mid- day couldnu2019t contact Chudawala for a comment.
Pro- Sharjeel Imam Sloganeering Police slap sedition charge against activist, 50 others LGBT activist Urvashi Chudawala u2018 The police must arrest the accused and investigate the matter thoroughly, and the government should not allow such protest where people shout anti- India slogansu2019 Devendra Fadnavis, former CM
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