Diwakar Sharma diwakar. sharma@ mid- day. com TATA Institute of Social Sciences ( TISS) student Urvashi Chudawala, who has been underground for some time, on Thursday visited the Azad Maidan police station where her in- camera statement was recorded.
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Investigators told mid- day that Chudawala, on January 31, had posted an image with a message saying u2018 release Sharjeel Imam unconditionallyu2019 and a day after, she joined the LGBTQ protest raising the slogan u2018 Sharjeel tere sapne ko hum manzil tak pahuchaengeu2019. u201c We wanted to scan her Facebook and other social media accounts to know where she found the image. But, she claimed that she had deactivated the account after the controversy,u201d he added.
The officer said, u201c She told us that the matter had been blown out of proportion and her intention was not to support an anti- national person.u201d u201c We are probing the matter to know who helped her remain underground after she was booked under sedition. She didnu2019t tell us anything. But those who helped her stay underground can be held responsible under section 34 of the IPC,u201d the officer added.
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