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FIR filed against journalist Abhisar Sharma by Guwahati police
The Guwahati Crime Branch on Thursday (August 21, 2025) registered a First Information Report (FIR) against journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma on the basis of a complaint filed by a local resident alleging that he had uploaded a video ridiculing both the Assam and the Union Governments, a senior police officer said. The FIR invokes Sections 152 (sedition), 196 and 197 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). According to the complaint, Mr. Sharma uploaded a video on YouTube accusing Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of pursuing communal politics. Mr. Sharma also mocked the principle of Ram Rajya and claimed that the Government 'survives only on Hindu-Muslim polarisation', the complainant said. Complainant Alok Baruah, a 23-year-old resident of Nayanpur, Ganeshguri, stated that the remarks were made with mala fide intent to disrepute elected governments and have the effect of provoking communal sentiments. He alleged that such comments are capable of inflaming passions, creating distrust against lawfully established authorities and promoting enmity between religious groups. The FIR further records that the video is being discussed in the complainant's locality and that people are talking about a religion-based divide after viewing it which may disturb public peace and harmony. The complainant alleged that the offences committed by Mr. Sharma are punishable under Sections 152 (which replaced the repealed sedition law and criminalises acts that endanger the sovereignty, unity, and integrity of India), 196 (offence of promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste, or community) and 197 (dealing with imputations and assertions that are prejudicial to national integration) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
Hindustan Times
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- Hindustan Times
Sambhal temple-mosque row: Court defers hearing to August 28
MEERUT A court in Chandausi on Thursday fixed August 28 to hear the ongoing Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute in Uttar Pradesh. The matter was listed for hearing before civil judge (senior division) Aditya Kumar Singh. During the hearing, Masjid committee's counsel Shakeel Ahmad Warsi submitted an SC order in which the apex court stayed proceedings in all matters linked to the Places of Worship Act. (For Representation) During the hearing, Masjid committee's counsel Shakeel Ahmad Warsi submitted a Supreme Court order, citing the 'Ashwini Kumar vs Union of India' case in which the apex court stayed proceedings in all matters linked to the Places of Worship Act. He argued that the Sambhal case, therefore, does not fall under the jurisdiction of the local court. Advocate of the Hindu side, Shri Shri Gopal Sharma, objected to the Masjid committee's stance. Sharma said the opposite party was required to file its written statement along with an application under Order 12 Rule 5, after which objections were to be submitted by the Hindu petitioners. 'Instead of filing a reply, the Masjid committee submitted a new plea, claiming the matter is pending before the Supreme Court,' Sharma said. The controversy traces back to November 19, 2024, when the Hindu side claimed that the Shahi Jama Masjid was originally Shri Harihar Mandir. A court-ordered survey was conducted on the same day (November 19), followed by another on November 24 when a crowd gathered outside the mosque, leading to stone-pelting and firing. The violence left four people dead while several vehicles were also torched. In the aftermath, police launched a major crackdown and sent 96 accused to jail, including three murder suspects, three women, and mosque management committee president Zafar Ali.
Scroll.in
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Rush Hour: Assam Rifles refutes ‘influx' claim, Bengali-speaking students attacked in Kolkata & more
We're building a brand-new studio to bring you bold ground reports, sharp interviews, hard-hitting podcasts, explainers and more. Support Scroll's studio fund today. The Assam Rifles said that a comment by its director general on the mapping of Myanmarese citizens in India had been misconstrued to claim that people from across the border were staying in India illegally. The director general, Lieutenant General Vikas Lakhera, said on Wednesday that about 42,000 Myanmarese nationals in India have been mapped with the help of biometrics and other government mechanisms since December. The mapping, he said, was being conducted after the new policy related to the 'free movement' regime came into effect. Since the 1970s, people living within 16 kms on each side of the largely unfenced border have been allowed visa-free movement. Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh had cited Lakhera's statement to claim that Myanmarese citizens had been illegally crossing over into India. But the Assam Rifles director general had been referring to temporary crossings under the free movement regime. Read more. Four Calcutta University students were allegedly assaulted in Kolkata and called 'Bangladeshi' for speaking in Bengali. Two persons have been arrested in connection with the attack. The alleged incident took place when one of the students, a resident of the university's Carmichael Hostel, visited a shop under the Sealdah bridge in the city to buy mobile accessories. The student alleged that his attempt to bargain with the vendor intensified into an argument. The shopkeeper called him a 'Bangladeshi' for speaking in Bengali. The student left the shop and returned later with three friends to protest. However, the seller, along with other shopkeepers, allegedly assaulted all four of them. The incident comes amid allegations by the Trinamool Congress that Bengali-speaking workers are being discriminated against in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party on the suspicion of being Bangladeshis. The police in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district have told Muslim wedding band operators not to name their groups after Hindu deities. This came after a complaint was filed on the chief minister's portal that the names were an 'attempt to distort identity' and hurt religious sentiments. The complainant, a lawyer named Shaby Sharma, claiming that about 15 to 20 Muslim band operators in the district were running their businesses using the names of Hindu deities. He said that Chief Minister Adityanath himself had called for action against such practices. On Tuesday, several band operators in Moradabad were summoned and told to remove such names, to which they agreed, Superintendent of Police (City) Kumar Ranvijay Singh said. . A hundred and forty-five persons have died in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh during this year's monsoon. The deaths took place as a result of flash floods, landslides, drownings and structures getting damaged, the state disaster management authority said. The Kangra district recorded 29 rain-related fatalities, while Mandi recorded 26. Kullu and Mandi districts were the worst affected in terms of infrastructure being disrupted.
