Wajahat Khan, who got Panoli arrested, now booked for hate speech
Wajahat Khan — the man whose FIR led to influencer Sharmishtha Panoli's arrest — has now been arrested himself. His old posts targeting Hindu gods and festivals surfaced shortly after Panoli's case. Khan's family claims his account was hacked.
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