Woman doctor held for posting an objectionable video in UP 'Babri mosque demolition'

A woman doctor Sheeba Khan has been booked for allegedly posting an objectionable video on social media regarding the December 6 demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, police said on Monday.

Officials said Dr Khan, a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) practitioner from the Mawana area, was taken into custody on charges of breach of peace before being released on personal bond.

The video came to the notice of authorities during heightened surveillance of social media activity on December 6 in view of security



measures.

Mawana station house officer (SHO) Poonam Jadon said the doctor had uploaded an edited audio-video clip video connected to the Babri mosque case, which was seen as an attempt to disturb communal harmony.

A complaint was lodged and a case was registered under Section 196 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, the SHO said.

Police took her into custody from her clinic in Abdullapur on Sunday and produced her under preventive provisions for breach of peace.