By Express News Service
KOCHI: Though the sedition case was booked based mostly on a comment throughout a media dialogue, the allegations of a Pakistan connection raised by the BJP have sophisticated the case, mentioned Lakshadweep-based filmmaker Aisha Sultana, who was interrogated by Lakshadweep police for the third time on Thursday.
“The police had asked me about the circumstances that led to the controversial remark. But the social media campaign by the BJP has made the case complicated. The police checked my phone details, WhatsApp calls, and bank details and asked whether I have any foreign connection. The police asked me whether I have any foreign connection. The officers said all this was necessitated as the BJP leaderscampaigned that my comments are being celebrated in Pakistan,” Aisha informed The New Indian Express.
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Meanwhile, Lakshadweep police performed a 3rd spherical of interrogation on Thursday and gave Aisha permission to depart the island. Aisha mentioned her seven-day obligatory quarantine will finish on Friday and she is going to go away for Kochi on Saturday. The police had interrogated Aisha on June 20 and 23 earlier.
“The case is under investigation and we have recorded the statement of Aisha. Prima facie, it is a case of sedition based on a complaint but we have to investigate related things and will have to examine witnesses. The investigation is under progress and we cannot reveal details now,” mentioned Lakshadweep SP Sharat Kumar Sinha.
