Guwahati Police Crime Branch on Thursday registered a case against Journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma following a complaint filed by a local person against him, said sources.
An FIR was registered after the complainant, Alok Baruah from Guwahati, alleged that Sharma, having vested interests with malafide intent to disrepute and malign the duly elected governments of Assam and the Union of India, published and circulated an article through the online platform YouTube, which contains statements denigrating the government of Assam and the Union of India.
The FIR has been filed under sections 152, 195, and 195 of the BNS.
“This article by Mr Sharma accuses the CM of Assam of communal politics and promoting enmity between communal groups,” the complainant said.
“Perusal of the article published/circulated by Abhisar Sharma the accused clearly reveals that it contained statements ridiculing and denigrating the duly elected Governments of Assam and the Union of India, thereby, endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India,” the complaint mentioned in the FIR states.
The complaint further alleged that the article published by Sharma was not mere criticism but amounts to excite disaffection, provoke public disorder, and endanger the unity and integrity of India.
“The article published/circulated by the accused Abhisar Sharma is not mere criticism but amounts to an attempt to excite disaffection, provoke public disorder, and endanger the unity and integrity of India by portraying the State as corrupt, communal, and illegitimate, thereby, committed the offence punishable u/s Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS)” the complaint read.
