journo booked over video against assam, union govt
silchar, Aug. 22 -- The Guwahati crime branch on Thursday 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, police said.
The FIR invokes sections 152 (sedition), 196 and 197 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
According to the complaint, Sharma uploaded a video on YouTube accusing Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of pursuing communal politics.
Sharma also mocked the principle of Ram Rajya and alleged the government "survives on Hindu-Muslim polarisation," the complainant said.
Complainant Alok Baruah, a 23-year-old resident of Nayanpur, Ganeshguri,...
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