“She raised anti-India, pro-freedom slogans”
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 17: Police today said that lady Special Police Officer (SPO) Saima Akther of Frisal was booked under anti-terror law for raising anti-India and pro-freedom slogans and she was sheltering a Hizbul Mujahideen militant.
Police said that the accused woman uttered anti-India and pro-freedom slogans off-camera thus inviting penal action under ULA (P) Act.
“The uttering made on-camera was livestreamed for further dissemination on diverse social media platforms with the intention to cause disruption of an ongoing operation and to incite disaffection towards the State. This is punishable under the Indian Penal Code and ULA(P)Act”, Police said.
“Also, the accused being a police employee, is bound by a code of conduct which was brazenly violated by her. Thus the concurrent departmental action has been taken against her”, Police said.
Police further said that household of the accused is a suspected shelter point of an active Hizb-ul-Mujahidin militant Aslam Dar and the woman has been on police radar as a suspected OGW; thus was subjected to search.
“It remains to be investigated whether her act was meant as a disruption tactic to aid escape of the said militant when the search operation was underway”, Police said.
“It has been found that on various media platforms, a number of vested interests with malafide intentions have put in a lot of efforts into making the incident appear like an over-reach and an excessively strict action”, Police said.
Police requested that no heed should be paid towards those trying to paint the incident in any hue other than a criminal act.
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