Complaint against Swara Bhasker, Twitter India MD, others for tweets on Ghaziabad man’s assault

The Delhi Police Thursday said they have received a complaint against actress Swara Bhasker, Twitter MD Manish Maheshwari, journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani and others in connection with the tweets posted about an elderly man who was allegedly assaulted in Ghaziabad on June 5. The complainant said that Bhasker, Sherwani, and others “spread hate against the citizens” by trying to give the incident a “communal colour”.

On Wednesday, an advocate named Amit Acharya submitted the complaint at the Tilak Marg police station in Delhi. The complainant has asked the Delhi police to file an FIR against Twitter Inc, Bhasker, Maheshwari, Sherwani and a man named Arif Khan and book them under IPC sections 153 (provocation for rioting), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 295A (acts intended to outrage religious feelings), 505 (mischief) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).