Dehradun, Oct. 26 -- A fresh FIR was filed against television actress Urmila Sanawar in connection with the Ankita Bhandari murder case here on Monday, a day after she was arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur.
Sanawar is scheduled to appear in court after she gave consent to undergo a narco-analysis test on Friday as part of the CBI inquiry into the murder case.
The Uttarakhand Congress alleged that Sanawar was nabbed to save the people involved in Ankita's murder.
Sanawar was arrested by Haridwar police from her house on Sunday after the daughter of former Uttarakhand BJP MLA Suresh Rathore filed a complaint over her social media posts.
The new FIR was filed Sunday night at the complaint of a Dehradun resident flagging "objectionable and defamatory allegations" against Sikkim Governor Dushyant Kumar Gautam and BJP national general secretary BL Santosh in connection with the Ankita Bhandari murder case.
Complainant Sagar, a resident of Moti Bazar in Dehradun, claimed Sanawar made "highly indecent, inappropriate, false, and malicious statements" in a video that circulated on social media platforms and news channels.
"This video was recorded outside the CBI Court in Dehradun. In it, Urmila Sanawar has levelled, without any judicial order or evidence, highly objectionable and defamatory personal allegations against the current Governor of Sikkim, Dushyant Kumar Gautam, as well as BL Santhosh, Aarti Gaur, and others," he said.
The complainant also alleged a "deliberate and malicious attempt" to violate the dignity and honour of a woman.
The FIR, filed on the complaint, read: "The video was intentionally circulated across digital platforms to incite confusion, outrage, and animosity within society, disrupting public peace, and causing irreparable damage to the social standing of the individuals mentioned. This act appears to be a well-orchestrated conspiracy designed to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of society."
The FIR was registered at Kotwali Nagar Police Station in Dehradun under sections 79 (insulting the modesty of a woman), 352 (intentional insult), 353 (false/misleading statements), and 356 (criminal defamation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
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