Amnesty International faces sedition charge for raising anti-India slogans

BENGALURU: The Bengaluru Police have slapped sedition charges against the Amnesty International India in connection with the anti-Indian and anti-Indian Army slogans shouted during an event organised by the NGO at United Theological College on Miller’s Road on Saturday evening.

In the FIR, the representatives of the Amnesty International India have been named as accused number one, while others (not known) have been booked as accused number two.

The police have invoked Section 142 (being member of unlawful assembly), 143 (punishment for a member of an unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), and 149 (unlawful assembly with common object) of the Indian Penal Code.

The police said that the FIR was filed after taking legal opinion and analysing the video footage provided by the complainant. “We registered the FIR on Monday. Representatives of the Amnesty International India and participants will be questioned as part of the probe,” a senior police official said.

On Saturday, Amnesty International India had organised the event ‘Broken Families’ and towards the end of the event, some of the participants had allegedly shouted anti-Indian and anti-Indian Army slogans.