The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the Kavaratti Police of Lakshadweep to file a statement in the anticipatory bail petition filed by filmmaker Aisha Sultana in the sedition case against her.

Justice Ashok Menon heard the matter today and posted the matter for further hearing on June 17. An FIR was registered against the filmmaker by the Kavaratti police on sedition charges based on a complaint by BJP’s Lakshadweep unit president C Abdul Khader Haji against Sultana for stating in a TV debate that the Centre deployed Covid as a ‘bio weapon’ against people of Lakshadweep.