A fresh legal complaint has landed on the desk of the Delhi Police against social media influencer Nishu Azad and her father, accusing them of allowing objectionable posts about Hindu deities to remain live on her account. Advocate Amita Sachdeva filed the complaint, saying the content has hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community.
What the complaint asks for
In her complaint to the Delhi Police, Amita Sachdeva has sought a thorough investigation into the matter and appropriate legal action against Nishu Azad, her father and her guardian. The advocate points out that the posts she has objected to have still not been taken down and remain accessible to anyone online.
A chance was given before going legal
According to Amita Sachdeva, she did not rush straight to the police. She says she first reached out to Nishu Azad's guardian directly and asked that the disputed posts be removed voluntarily. Despite that request, the material was never deleted, and it was only after this refusal that she decided to formally approach the Delhi Police.
Posts about Shiva, Krishna, Saraswati and Durga at the centre of the row
The complaint specifically names posts referring to Lord Shiva, Lord Krishna, Maa Saraswati and Maa Durga. Amita Sachdeva alleges that these posts were designed to demean Hindu religious faith and its deities. She argues that while every citizen is free to disagree with any belief or ideology, that freedom cannot be stretched to justify insulting someone's faith or gods under the cover of free expression.
Not the first time this row has made headlines
This is not the first controversy linked to Nishu Azad. Earlier, a man calling himself an influencer, Swatantra Bhardwaj, was arrested by the Delhi Police and sent to one day of police custody. Bhardwaj had claimed that he got into a physical altercation with Nishu's father during a protest at Jantar Mantar. That incident triggered demonstrations outside Jantar Mantar and the Parliament Street police station, with protesters demanding stringent charges against Bhardwaj. Union Minister Chirag Paswan also wrote to the Delhi Police at the time, complaining that his name was being wrongly dragged into the episode.
A new legal turn
With this latest complaint over hurt religious sentiments, the Nishu Azad controversy has taken a fresh legal direction. Attention now shifts to whether the Delhi Police act on the complaint and whether a formal case is registered against Nishu Azad and her father.
