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Filmmaker Ayesha Sulthana booked for sedition for spreading ‘false’ news on Covid-19 in Lakshadweep
Updated On: 11 June, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Kochi | PTI
In his complaint, the BJP leader said Sulthana, during a debate in a Malayalam TV channel, had alleged that the Central government used biological weapons for the spread of Covid-19 in Lakshadweep.
United Democratic Front (UDF) MPs stage a protest demanding withdrawal of the proposed "anti-people laws" by the central government in Lakshadweep islands, outside Lakshadweep Administrator's Office in Kochi. Representational Image. Photo/PTI
Lakshadweep Police on Thursday booked filmmaker Ayesha Sulthana on sedition charges following a complaint by a BJP leader that she spread false news about the spread of Covid-19 in the union territory during a TV debate.
The complaint was filed by the BJP's Lakshadweep unit president Abdul Khader.
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