FIR against J&K lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat over tweet on Navratri

Rajawat dismissed the FIR as 'a fractured piece which will not survive in the court', adding that it was registered by way of 'sheer abuse of law and under pressure from BJP and other saffron organisations'.

Deepika Singh Rajawat had represented the family of the Kathua gangrape victim in 2018. (File/Reuters)

2 min readJammuOct 25, 2020 09:27 PM IST First published on: Oct 25, 2020 at 09:27 PM IST

Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat, who represented the Kathua gangrape victim in 2018, was on Sunday booked by the Jammu and Kashmir Police for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a community in one of her tweets.

A police officer confirmed the registration of the FIR in the matter, saying that this has been done following complaints from different people.

Sources said Rajawat has been booked under provisions of Sections 295A and 505 (b) (2) of the Indian Penal Code, which deal with creating enmity and hatred between different classes of people and making malicious report or content with an intention to cause alarm or induce a personal attack and damage public property, besides injuring religious sentiments.