Agencies/JK News Today
News Delhi, Oct, 10: The FIR against Roy and former professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi
Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena on Tuesday accorded sanction for prosecution against author Arundhati Roy and former professor at central university of Kashmir Sheikh Showkat Hussain for their alleged provocative speeches, officials aware of the matter said.
A senior Delhi Police officer said that the FIR (first information report) in the case was registered on November 29, 2010 on the directions of the metropolitan magistrate through his order on November 27, for the offences of sedition, promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence and language, with imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integration.
“They were also charged with the acts related to public mischief. The case was also registered under Section 13 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), 1967. Besides Roy and Hussain, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the then chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat and former Delhi University professor Syed Abdul Rehman Geelani and Maoist sympathizer Varvara Rao, who is also an accused in the Bhima-Koregaon case, were also present on the occasion,” the officer said on the condition of anonymity.
