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UK doctor moves HC against Look Out Circular; appears before police
Barred from leaving country over social media post on BJP
Further Patil appeared before the Mumbai Police in connection with the investigation on Wednesday and recorded his statement. (Credit: Instagram/drsangrampatil
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UK-based doctor and YouTuber Sangram Patil, who faces an FIR for alleged objectionable social media posts against BJP leaders, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court on Tuesday against the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against him by the Mumbai Police.
Based on the LOC, Patil was first detained by the police on January 10 at the Mumbai international airport and later not allowed to leave for the UK on January 19.
Further Patil appeared before the Mumbai Police in connection with the investigation on Wednesday and recorded his statement.
Patil said, “While they had summoned me on Thursday, I requested that they record my statement on Wednesday. They questioned me regarding the device from which I uploaded the post and sought access to my social media accounts. Nowhere have I denied that the post was uploaded by me.”
He added, “One of the posts mentioned in the FIR was originally posted by a page called Shehar Vikas Aghadi. I do not know who runs that page but the person deleted the post. I have approached the Bombay High Court for relief.”
An officer said that the LOC was in place as when he appeared before them on January 15, he gave a written statement but was unwilling to answer the questionnaire that we had put up before him.
The officer said that the police have written to Facebook seeking details about who runs the Shehar Vikas Aghadi account.
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Patil is facing an FIR under section 353(2) of the BNS that stands for statements containing false information that would lead to feeling of enmity and hatred between communities. The section carries a maximum punishment of three years.
The FIR was registered based on the statement given by one Nikhil Bhamre who is involved in looking after the social media accounts of the BJP. In his statement to the NM Joshi Marg police station, where the FIR was registered, he mentioned that on December 18, he came across some content on the Shehar Vikas Aghadi Facebook page that had been posted on December 14.
He alleged that the post mentioned objectionable things and disinformation about BJP and its prominent leaders.
He further alleged that the post had also been published further by Patil with an intention to create misinformation.
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