Filmmaker Aisha Sultana appeared before Lakshadweep police in a sedition case filed against her for 'bio-weapon' remark on Sunday.
On June 17, Lakshadweep film producer Aisha Sultana, charged under the sedition laws for her use of the term bio weapon to describe the island administration’s measures against COVID, was told by the Kerala High Court to present herself for questioning by the island police.
However, Sultana on Saturday said, "I have not done anything against the country. I'll fight until Lakshadweep gets justice". Speaking about the questioning, she had said, "I'll co-operate with the police of Lakshadweep. They have asked me to appear June 20."
Kerala HC had granted her interim anticipatory bail for a week and had directed her to appear before police today for interrogation.
The order is valid for a week. The Centre informed the court that she would be allowed to go to Lakshadweep for the questioning without the need to undergo quarantine as per the COVID protocol. The court’s order to this effect came after the island administration informed the court that she has been served the notice only for questioning.
The court, which reserved the final order on the plea, said she has to appear before police for interrogation as per Section 41A CrPC notice.
Aisha Sultana had said in her petition that the police has filed the case on the basis of a misrepresentation of her remark in a television channel debate and that she feared arrest. She said she did not realise that the use of the term bio-weapon would be so much problematic and that she had expressed regret over it in the social media and she had no intention to create hatred against the government.
