US-based Sikh outfit SFJ booked for sedition

US-based Gurpatwant Singh Pannun and his banned outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) were booked by Punjab police on Friday for making seditious automated calls to instigate the youth in the state and disrupt peace. The calls allegedly spread rumours about the measures taken by the state during the COVID-19 crisis, even terming the ongoing curfew as ‘torture’.

According to DGP Dinkar Gupta, Pannun and his outfit have been booked under section 124 A of IPC, and Sections 10 (a) and 13 (1) of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, at the State Special Operations Cell, Mohali.

“Preliminary enquiries have revealed that Pannun was carrying on with seditious activities using automated calls and pre-recorded audio messages to disrupt peace in the state by exploiting the ongoing anguish and distress in curfew times and further frustrate the masses. We suspect a bigger conspiracy, and are investigating,” said Varinder Pal Singh, AIG State Special Operations Cell (SSOC), Mohali, Punjab.

Source: https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/04/10/us-based-sikh-outfit-sfj-booked-for-sedition.html