India, June 2 -- The chairman of the Bar Council of India, Manan Kumar Mishra, who is also a senior advocate at the Supreme Court, has come out in support of social media influencer and law student Sharmishtha Panoli following her arrest.

Mishra condemned Panoli's arrest, calling it "an absolute failure of justice." He described it as "a blatant assault on freedom of expression" and said that he "firmly stands with" Panoli in a statement released on Sunday.

Sharmishta Panoli was arrested late Friday night by Kolkata Police from Gurugram in Haryana for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through her 'communal' comments in now-deleted videos on her social media. She had made the remarks in connection to Operation Sindoor.

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