Sedition charges against activist Urvashi Chudawala & 50 others in Mumbai

Mumbai: An FIR has been registered under relevant sections of IPC including 124A (Sedition) at Azad Maidan Police Station in connection with the raising of slogans in support of Sharjeel Imam at ‘Mumbai Pride Solidarity Gathering 2020’ at Azad Maidan on February 1.
The Mumbai Police has filed a FIR against activist Urvashi Chudawala & 50 others under IPC sec 124A (Sedition), 153B, 505 & 34.
According to police, Urvashi Chudawala was called for questioning twice for preliminary inquiry into the case but she didn’t come.
Mumbai Police said the organisers of LGBTQ event are not the accused in the case. It was a group of people who didn’t follow guidelines and raised such slogans.
According to Media Reports, During the Mumbai Pride Solidarity Gathering in Mumbai’s Azad Ground on Ferbruary 1. People raised slogans in support of Sharjeel Imam. who was arrested on sedition charges for his controversial Speech during the Anti CAA Protest in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.