After the arrest of viral influencer Hindutva Swatantra Bhardwaj, a grievance has now been filed towards scholar protester Nishu Azaad and her father Sanjay Azaad on the Cyber Police Station in Delhi for allegedly insulting Hindu gods on their respective social media handles.
Supreme Court lawyer Amita Sachdeva has filed a grievance towards the father-daughter duo alleging that Nishu’s X account contained derogatory references to Bhagwan Shiv, Bhagwan Shri Krishna, Maa Saraswati and Maa Durga, information company PTI reported.
Sachdeva has sought registration of an FIR below Part 299 (deliberate and malicious acts supposed to outrage non secular emotions) and Part 196 (selling enmity between teams on grounds together with faith) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), apart from relevant provisions of the Info Expertise Act, 2000.
“I’m a practising Hindu. I seen the posts listed beneath on X (previously Twitter) whereas on the Supreme Courtroom of India, New Delhi. The posts stay publicly accessible and have outraged my non secular emotions and people of different Hindus,” the Advocate-on-Report stated in her grievance, cited within the report
What does the grievance say?
In keeping with the grievance, 4 posts from the X account @Nishuazad11, uploaded between September 2023 and August 2026, allegedly insulted the 4 Hindu deities.
In keeping with the grievance, the 4 posts, revealed by way of digital means, insulted Hindu deities and non secular beliefs with deliberate and malicious intention to outrage the non secular emotions of Hindus.
Sachdeva alleged that the posts had been revealed intentionally and maliciously and claimed that they had been supposed to “outrage the non secular emotions” of members of the Hindu neighborhood. She additionally said that she had earlier sought elimination of the posts, however they continued to stay on-line.
The grievance states that Nishu has recognized herself as a minor. Sachdeva has additionally named her father as her guardian and sought his investigation on the allegation that the account was being operated by a minor in his family and that the allegedly offending content material was not eliminated regardless of discover.
Sachdeva has sought preservation of the 4 posts and related media, apart from X/platform data, IP logs, gadget particulars and different digital proof. She has additionally sought steps to stop additional circulation of the alleged offending content material.
Row after influencer’s claims of assaulting Sanjay Azad
This comes amid a raging row involving Nishu’s father after viral influencer Bhardwaj in an interview reportedly claimed that he ‘cracked’ Sanjay’s cranium throughout CJP protest at Jantar Mantar and boasted about having the ability to stroll out free due to his ‘connections’ to political leaders like Chirag Paswan and Kapil Mishra.
The remarks stirred a row, with Opposition leaders additionally slamming Bhardwaj. The CJP on Friday organised a protest demanding his arrest and calling out the Delhi Police over its inaction. Paswan additionally distanced himself from Bhardwaj and sought an FIR towards him for utilizing his title publicly.