Following a complaint by the National Commission for Women (NCW), the Delhi Police on Saturday, July 13, registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a social media user for ‘lewd and derogatory’ remark on Smriti Singh, the wife of Kirti Chakra awardee Captain Anshuman Singh.
Delhi Police’s Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operation (IFSO) cell registered the FIR over an alleged lewd remark made on the widow of Kirti Chakra awardee Captain Anshuman Singh on social media platform X, officials said.
FIR has been registered at the IFSO unit under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) act and Information Technology (IT) Act. The social media platform owned by Elon Musk, X, has also been asked to provide details of the social media account using their platform.
Earlier, on Monday, July 8, the NCW issued a letter referencing specific legal provisions violated by the lewd comment, including Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which penalizes acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman, and Section 67 of the IT Act, 2000, which deals with the punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
Several lewd and vulgar comments had surfaced on social media after Captain Anshuman Singh’s widow was pictured collecting his posthumous Kirti Chakra award.
She's the widow of a Martyr & look at the mentality of Ahmed miyan….
— Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) July 8, 2024
I'm speechless!!!!! pic.twitter.com/V8XcNHyyVU
The NCW took a suo motu cognizance in the matter and filed a complaint with the Delhi Police. It also wrote to the Police Commissioner of Delhi, demanding the man’s arrest and sought a detailed report within three days.
