Sedition case: Aisha Sultana appears for interrogation, allowed to leave island

Filmmaker Aisha Sultana, who was booked for sedition, appeared for interrogation before the police on Thursday. Lakshadweep police have been questioning her for the third day over the case.

Kochi (Kerala): Filmmaker Aisha Sultana, who was booked for sedition, appeared for interrogation before the police on Thursday. The police granted her permission to leave the island after three days of interrogation.

Earlier, on June 22 Lakshadweep administration issued a caution notice to Aisha for flouting home quarantine rules. Sultana is in Kavaratti for police questioning in a sedition case registered against her.

Meanwhile, police have been examining Aisha’s bank account and transactions. On Sunday, Lakshadweep police questioned Sultana for more than three hours and let her off later.

Speaking to the media, after the questioning Sultana had said, "No arrest was made but they asked me to stay back for four days. The police officials did behave nicely with me and said that if they needed to question me more, they will call me after issuing a notice."

Read: Lakshadweep film maker Aisha Sultana appears before Kavaratti police

The sedition case was registered against her for her controversial 'bio-weapon remark during a discussion on Lakshadweep policies implemented by Praful Koda Patel in a Malayalam news channel.

The Kerala High Court had granted her interim anticipatory bail for a week and had directed her to appear before police today for interrogation as per Section 41A CrPC notice.

She was entitled to the benefit of the presence of her counsel during interrogation, the Court had said in the order. In the event of arrest, the court said that she should be released in interim anticipatory bail for one week on the execution of Rs 50,000 with two solvent sureties for the like sum to the satisfaction of the arresting officer. The court had reserved the final order.

Read: Kerala HC grants interim anticipatory bail for a week to filmmaker Aisha Sultana in sedition case

(Agency Inputs)