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The Kolkata police Saturday said they have been cooperating with the Assam Police in efforts to arrest Wajahat Khan Qadri, who has been booked for hate speech for his alleged communal posts on social media and absconding. Khan’s complaint led to the arrest of law student and influencer Sharmishta Panoli for social media posts allegedly hurting religious sentiments. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Port Division, in a statement, clarified that they have been cooperating with the Assam Police and that rumours of an attack on the Assam Police were false. “The Assam Police had requested assistance from the Garden Reach police station twice to conduct raids since their arrival. On both occasions, the local police station team accompanied them, and no attacks occurred during the raids. Also, n...

As BJP and other leaders questioned the arrest of 22-year-old content creator Sharmishta Panoli for her controversial social media post, the Kolkata Police on Sunday defended its action, saying “hate speech should not be misconstrued as freedom of speech”.In a post, the Kolkata Police said: “Hate speech targeting any religious figure or community or any class of citizens of India which has the potential to incite disharmony and hatred between different communities is a punishable offence in the newly implemented Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita.” “Hate speech and abusive language should not be misconstrued as freedom of speech & expression as enshrined in Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution,” the Kolkata Police added. Story continues below this ad Claiming that “mischievous and...