NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Tuesday informed a court that an FIR was registered against journalist Rana Ayyub for allegedly making derogatory posts in 2016-17, including “insults to Hindu deities, spreading of anti-India sentiment and incitement of religious disharmony”.
Chief judicial magistrate Himanshu Raman Singh disposed of the plea filed by advocate Amita Sachdeva after saying the police filed a compliance report over the court’s direction on January 25 to register an FIR.
The FIR dated January 27 was filed under Sections 153 A (punishment for promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.), 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 505 (statements conducing public mischief) of the IPC.