Aisha Sultana deleted her cell chats, not cooperating with probe: Lakshadweep administration

By Express News Service
KOCHI: The Lakshadweep administration on Tuesday knowledgeable the Kerala High Court that filmmaker-activist Aisha Sultana, who’s accused in a sedition case, deleted her cell chats after the registration of the case by Kavaratti police and isn’t cooperating with the probe.

Opposing Aisha’s plea to quash the case, the administration acknowledged that she has not cooperated correctly with the police and deleted a number of chats and messages in a suspicious method after registration of the case. On a detailed watch of the TV debate, she was discovered studying one thing from her cell phone earlier than making the seditious remarks and he or she was in fixed contact with some others on the related time.

Her monetary transactions are additionally not clear and investigation into many facets is required, the Lakshadweep administration stated. “She has not been properly cooperating with the investigation and refused to provide documents demanded by the police. On the other hand, she raised several baseless allegations against police after filing the petition in the HC and indulged in a malicious campaign against the police through media. Apparently, her aim is to dissuade the police from conducting a proper investigation by unleashing false propaganda,” submitted the administration. The assertion filed by way of S Manu, standing counsel for the Lakshadweep administration, additional alleged that the administration of the Media One channel, which aired the dialogue, was additionally not correctly cooperating with the investigation and data sought by the police by way of statutory notices has not been furnished by the channel. “The investigation within the case is barely on the preliminary stage. Quashing of it’s justified solely in distinctive circumstances and no such particular circumstances exist within the case available,” the administration stated.

The administration has justified the registration of the case stating that she had alleged that the Union authorities used the Covid pandemic as a bioweapon towards the folks of the Union territory of Lakshadweep. She additionally in contrast it with the allegation that China has used the Covid virus as a bioweapon towards different nations which clearly means that the federal government of India has acted equally towards the folks of Lakshadweep.

“The untrue assertion by the petitioner in this regard is sufficient to arouse hatred among the people of Lakshadweep towards the government of India. It can be prima facie considered as an attempt to excite disaffection among the people towards the government of India,” the administration stated.

The assertion made by her tends to create dysfunction or disturbance of public peace by resorting to violence. Hence the case has been registered for the offences beneath Sections 124 A and 153B. She later made some clarifications and justifications most likely as an afterthought to do away with the penal penalties, stated the administration. “Such actions will not absolve the criminal liability for the offence already completed. There was also no requirement of any imminent violence to sustain a charge under section 124 A as canvassed by the petitioner,” stated the administration.