Shamli Police book six over alleged ‘misleading’ social media posts on Ayush Malik High Court proceedings

Shamli Police have registered an FIR for making “statements conducing to public mischief” against six persons who in their social media posts had claimed that the Allahabad High Court had rebuked Shamli Police during proceedings concerning Ayush Malik, who was recently at the center of a religious conversion case and was set at liberty by the High Court.

The FIR, registered at Kotwali Shamli on the night of September 16, named Karishma Aziz, Nikhat Ali, The Muslim/The MuslimSphere, Wasim Akram Tyagi, Syed Kaif Hasan and Nadeem Saifi as accused. The case has been registered under Section 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The provision deals with false information that is intended, or likely, to promote enmity or hatred between different religious, racial, linguistic, regional or other groups.