Delhi’s lieutenant governor VK Saxena has given the go-ahead to prosecute writer and novelistArundhati Roy in connection with alleged provocative statements made at a 2010 event propagating Kashmiri separatism. The author will be prosecuted under Section 13 of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, media reports said.Â
Sheikh Showkat Hussain, former professor of International Law at the Central University of Kashmir, will also face action under UAPA for his alleged statements at the same event in New Delhi’s LTG auditorium in 2010.
Eight months ago, the L-G granted permission to prosecute them under Sections 153A, 153B and 505 of Indian Penal Code.
Section 13 of the UAPA deals with advocating, abetting or inciting any unlawful activity and is punishable with imprisonment for up to seven years.
The FIR against was registered in October 2010 on a complaint by Sushil Pandit, following the orders of the Court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi. The other two accused in the case — Sayed Ali Shah Geelani, a Kashmiri separatist leader and Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, a Delhi University lecturer — have both died over the course of the proceedings.
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