Overview

• The case cites Sections 152, 196 and 197 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which cover acts endangering sovereignty, promoting enmity and assertions prejudicial to national integration.
• Complainant Alok Baruah alleged Sharma’s YouTube video accused Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of communal politics and mocked the idea of Ram Rajya, with the video also criticizing alleged religious hatred and a campaign against Muslims and madrasas.
• Reporting identifies Baruah as an ABVP member seen with BJP leaders, while a senior Guwahati Police officer said the case was filed because Sharma was speaking against the country and its sovereignty.
• Police have registered the FIR and described local discussions about the video, with no arrests reported in the coverage.
• The action follows recent Crime Branch summons to The Wire’s Siddharth Varadarajan on August 12 in a separate case tied to Operation Sindoor, as the Supreme Court granted him interim protection in another Assam FIR the same day.