Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:18pm on 01 Jun 2025,Sunday India Global
Sharmishta Panoli, a 22-year-old law student from Pune, was arrested by Kolkata Police for allegedly making communal remarks on social media. She had deleted the video and apologised, but was still taken into custody. Dutch MP Geert Wilders called her arrest a “disgrace to free speech” and urged PM Modi to help. BJP leaders slammed the West Bengal Police, calling it selective action. They said no unrest followed her post and blamed the arrest on vote-bank politics. The case has sparked a political row, with nationalist lawyers planning to defend her. Sharmishta is currently in 14-day judicial custody. (PC: X, AP)
