Meghalaya High Court refuses to quash scribe case

Meghalaya High Court has refused to quash a criminal case filed against Shillong-based senior journalist Patricia Mukhim for a July 4 Facebook post as it “apparently seeks to promote disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will between two communities”.

Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, told The Telegraph on Thursday that she would contest the ruling in the Supreme Court as soon as possible because she had only “raised” the issue of “continued” attacks on non-tribals in the state in her post.

The Facebook post had been written in connection with the July 3 attack on a group of youths playing basketball at Lawsohtun, Shillong, by another group of 20-25 unidentified youths, resulting in injuries to the victims. Seven persons were arrested.