Senior journalist, three vloggers booked in sedition case for inciting May 9 violence

A Washington-based journalist Shaheen Sehbai and three vloggers — Syed Haider Raza Mehdi, Wajahat Saeed Khan, and major (retired) Adil Farooq Raja — have been booked for inciting violence during the May 9 protests. The FIR was registered at Islamabad’s Ramna Police Station under sections 120-B, 121, 121-A, and 131 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).

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The written complaint by Mohammad Aslam stated that the suspects nominated in the FIR were involved in inciting people on May 9 through video messages and writings into attacking sensitive military installations to create anarchy in the country.

Legal experts have said that the charges framed against the suspects under the sedition and terrorism offences are punishable by death and life imprisonment.

Source: Geo TV