Times of Islamabad

Indian Police registers FIR against female Muslim professor for hurting sentiments of Military in Occupied Kashmir

Indian Police registers FIR against female Muslim professor for hurting sentiments of Military in Occupied Kashmir

NEW DELHI – *Indian Police registers FIR against female Muslim professorfor hurting sentiments of Military in Occupied Kashmir.*

Indian police here have registered an FIR against an Aligarh MuslimUniversity professor and her journalist-husband over the posts they sharedon social media, allegedly hurting the morale of the security forces inKashmir.

The FIR cited an “inappropriate post” in which the assistant professor,whose husband is a journalist based in Occupied Kashmir, referred to thecommunications blackout in the Valley immediately after the abrogation ofJammu and Kashmir’s special status.

The post talked about “pain” caused by losing contact, “whether it isChandrayaan or Occupied Kashmir”.

The reference was to the ISRO mission that went wrong in September withlander Vikram losing contact after crashing on the moon’s surface.

Indian politician Ashok Pandey, who filed the complaint on November 14 overthe weeks-old post, claimed that the comment indicated that she “did notconsider Kashmir an integral part of India”.

Huma Parveen, 34, from the AMU’s Mass Communication department has beencharged under sections 153-A and 505 (2) of the Indian Penal Code for“promoting enmity” between different groups.