Overview

• Amroli police arrested Soni Thathera, 37, on September 17 after identifying her from a clip circulating on social media.
• The incident occurred on September 15 in Surat’s Amroli area, where the video shows a small tricolour being placed into a fire near her home.
• Investigators say an initial probe indicates she may be mentally unstable and “does not have a sense of what is good and what is not,” according to police statements.
• She was booked under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act and, per police, was produced in court and remanded to judicial custody.
• Police described her as a native of Uttar Pradesh living in Surat with her factory-worker husband; her husband told authorities she has been receiving psychiatric treatment and they have two children.