A case has been registered against 6 journalist and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in Noida Police Station for inciting the violence during Farmer’s protest on Jan 26, 2021. The FIR states that the social media posts and digital broadcast messages by these prominent personalities were responsible for the widespread violence of the Red Fort.
Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Jose, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath & Anant Nath are the journalist named in the FIR. A case has been also files against an unidentified person.
The FIR has been filed under IPC sections 124 A (sedition), 295 A, 504, 506, 34, 120 B and case has also been filed under provisions of the Information Technology Act.