Calcutta: The Calcutta High Court has granted interim bail to the 22-year-old influencer and law student Sharmishta Panoli, arrested in the Operation Sindoor post case. As part of the bail conditions, she has been barred from leaving the country without prior permission from the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
The High Court has also instructed the Kolkata Police to act on the petition filed by Panoli regarding threats to her safety, which she had raised before her arrest. Panoli, a fourth-year law student from Pune, was arrested on May 30 in Gurugram after a now-deleted video allegedly hurting religious sentiments triggered widespread outrage.
Panoli, a fourth-year law student from Pune, was arrested on May 30 in Gurugram after a now-deleted video allegedly hurting religious sentiments triggered widespread outrage. A Kolkata court had remanded her to judicial custody till June 13.
Sharmishta Panoli’s father, Prithviraj, denied the Kolkata Police’s claim that his daughter was absconding. He told India Today TV that both he and Sharmishta had gone to Lalbazar, the Kolkata Police headquarters. He added they also visited Anandapur police station.
