Shehla Rashid booked for sedition over comments on Kashmir

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File photo of Shehla Rashid.

New Delhi, September 6: Political activist Shehla Rashid has been booked for sedition over her comments about alleged human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.

Special cell of the Delhi Police lodged an FIR under against Shehla Rashid under Sections 124-A, 153A, 153, 504, 505 of the Indian Penal Code.

Shehla Rashid had claimed that the Indian Army was indiscriminately picking up men, raiding houses and torturing people in Jammu and Kashmir.

The allegations had drawn sharp reactions from the Indian Army. Shehla Rashid, however, had said she was ready to give the evidence when the Indian Army constitutes an inquiry.