Jammu: A social activist has filed a
complaint with the district magistrate against former chief
minister Farooq Abdullah and actor Rishi Kapoor seeking
registration of sedition cases against them for their remarks
on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Sukesh Khajuria, a former member of the prominent
citizen's advisory committee constituted by the state
government, in an application yesterday sought action under
section 196 of the CrPC against them for "accepting PoK as
part of Pakistan".
In the application, he said they should be booked under
section 124-A of the Ranbir Penal Code (Sedition) and other
provisions of law.
On November 11, Abdullah had told reporters that PoK
belonged to Pakistan and "this won't change" no matter how
many wars India and Pakistan fight.
In his complaint, Khajuria said Kapoor had backed
Abdullah and tweeted that "Jammu and Kashmir is ours, and PoK
is theirs. This is the only way we can solve our problem".
He alleged that Abdullah's statement and Kapoor's tweet
were "inciting violence" and "public disorder" and fell under
the ambit of section 124-A of the RPC.
