Those booked by police under draconian laws: Urvashi Chudawala 

Activist Urvashi Chudawala who self-identifies as Kris was booked for sedition on Monday by the Mumbai Police for allegedly raising “anti-national” slogans in support of JNU student Sharjeel Imam at an LGBTQ event, the Mumbai Pride, held at the Azad Maidan on February 1.

Besides Kris, 50 others were also booked under sections 124 (A) (sedition), 153 (B) (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 505 (statement conducing to public mischief) and 34 (Common Intention) of the Indian penal code.

The case was registered by the Azad Maidan police after a video purportedly of Kris raising the slogans went viral after an event on 1 February.

A police official said Kris was at the forefront in raising the slogan “Sharjeel tere sapno ko hum manzil tak pahuchaege (Sharjeel, We will realise your dreams)”. A complaint in this regard was lodged by former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya on 2 February, he said. Tweeting the video of the activist raising the slogans at the event, Somaiya had warned of staging a protest if the police failed to register the case against Kris and others.