US EditionFIR Lodged Against Srinagar MP, Ex-Mayor for 'Circulating False Content' After Khamenei's Death in US-Israel Attacks
J&K Police registered FIRs against MP Ruhullah and ex-mayor Mattu for spreading misleading social media content amid protests, citing threats to public order and safety.
- On Tuesday, J&K Police filed FIRs against National Conference leader and MP Aga Syed Ruhullah and former Srinagar mayor Junaid Azim Mattu for inciting unlawful activities and disturbing public order, police said.
- The move followed three days of street protests after the February 28 attack that killed Ayatollah Khamenei, with Ruhullah and Mattu sharing social-media posts linked to the unrest.
- Police said two FIRs were registered under Sections 197 and 353 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Cyber Police Station, Srinagar, and investigation is underway.
- Both men posted reactions online, with Ruhullah noting his Facebook account was suspended and security downgraded while Mattu said his security was effectively withdrawn and called it an attempt to silence him.
- Authorities say the online material risked creating fear and disturbing public order, with J&K Police linking circulation on digital and social media platforms to potential public order and societal disharmony.
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FIR lodged against Srinagar MP, ex-mayor for 'circulating false content' after Khamenei's death in US-Israel attacks
Jammu and Kashmir Police have filed cases against MP Ruhullah Mehdi and former mayor Junaid Azim Mattu for allegedly circulating false narratives on social media that threaten public order.
Srinagar MP, ex-mayor claim security downgraded; police register case for ‘circulating misleading online content’
Aga Ruhullah Mehdi and Junaid Mattu alleged that their security was downgraded due to their comments on the US-Israel strikes in Iran and the police’s handling of protests in Kashmir.
J&K Police lodge FIR against Kashmir MP Ruhullah, former Srinagar mayor Mattu
Junaid Azim Mattu said in a Kashmir today fellow mainstream leaders have “surrendered and sold their tongues to the BJP-led Government and chosen to sound shamefully diplomatic over the assassination of Khamenei and the brutal war on Iran and Palestine”.
J&K Police Book National Conference MP and Srinagar Ex-Mayor for Posts on Iran Protests
The action comes a day after the two leaders – MP Syed Aga Ruhullah and former mayor Junaid Mattu – shared a video on their social media accounts purportedly showing police excesses during an anti-Israel and anti-US protest in Srinagar on Monday.
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