ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Wednesday lodged a case against the Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) chief Shaukat Nawaz Mir, over anti-state remarks.
The First Information Report (FIR), filed by the state through Sub-Inspector Waseem Khan, has stated that Shaukat Nawaz made misleading and inflammatory statements against state officials during a public gathering, a video of which was posted on his Facebook account on March 24.
The case has been registered under Sections 9, 10, 20, 26-A of PECA 2016 r/w 109 PPC.
The FIR, a copy of which is available with Kashmir Digital, added that “accused Shaukat Nawaz Mir with malicious intentions and ulterior motives, publicly uttered false, misleading, derogatory, threatening, and intimidating contents during a speech in a public gathering, which was prepared, transmitted, and disseminated through social media platforms, including Facebook.”
The report alleged that he made these remarks with “the intent to frighten the public and to coerce, intimidate, or overawe the Government or the public.”
Furthermore, the NCCIA said that the accused “willfully and knowingly uttered, recorded, published, transmitted, and circulated offensive, threatening, provocative, and inflammatory statements against the State Officials of Pakistan.
He made the statement with the design to frighten, coerce, intimidate, create a sense of fear, panic, or insecurity among the public and the Government, the FIR stated.
It further added that his speech, publicly transmitted through digital means, constitutes an organized attempt to spread a false narrative and malign the State Institutions and State Officials of Pakistan.
“The accused, through his speech, disseminated false, misleading, and provocative content, levelling unsubstantiated allegations against State institutions and leadership, accusing them of complicity in violence and failure to maintain law and order,” the FIR said.
Moreover, the Cybercrime agency noted that by using inflammatory and threatening language, the accused promoted unrest, distrust, and hostility toward State authorities, intending to incite violence and coerce, intimidate, or terrorize the public, thereby creating fear, panic, and insecurity and fostering distrust toward State institutions.
