KOLKATA: Kolkata Police has registered an FIR against Wajahat Khan Qadri, the man whose complaint led to the arrest of social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli, for hurting religious sentiments, and he is now absconding, senior officers said here on Wednesday.An FIR has been registered based on a police complaint which accused him of uploading “malicious and inflammatory” content on social media, aimed at hurting the sentiments of a religious community.”He (Wajahat Khan Qadri) is presently absconding. We have started an investigation into the case,” a senior Kolkata Police officer told PTI.A trust, Shri Ram Swabhiman Parishad, has lodged a complaint against Wajahat Khan Qadri at Kolkata’s Garden Reach police station.It is the same police station where he filed the complaint against Sharmishta Panoli.
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