Give 10-day notice to Shehla Rashid before arrest: Court tells cops
November 15, 2019  16:46
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A court Friday directed Delhi Police to give 10-day pre-arrest notice to Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement leader Shehla Rashid, booked for sedition over her controversial tweets on Kashmir, in case the need arises to arrest her. 


The court passed the order while disposing of her anticipatory bail application, after the investigating officer (IO) submitted that the probe was at a primary stage. 


"Keeping in view the nature of allegations and also considering the submissions of the IO that investigation is at a primary stage, anticipatory bail application is disposed of with directions to the IO that if the need arises for the arrest of the accused, she be issued a ten days pre-arrest notice," Additional Sessions Judge Satish Kumar Arora said. 


The court had on September 10 directed her to join the investigation conducted by Delhi Police as and when called by the IO. The counsel for Rashid had said she was ready to join the probe and would cooperate with the police. Rashid had posted controversial tweets on Kashmir on August 17.
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