Archive · 13 Sep 2025
UP Police Files Sedition Case Against Content Creator
A content creator named Arpit Sharma is in trouble with the police.
He made a video about protests in Nepal.
The police in Uttar Pradesh, India, think his video might cause trouble in India and filed a sedition case.
The case alleges the video could cause violence and hurt India's unity.
The protests in Nepal were against the government.
Sharma said he wasn't trying to cause trouble and that the protests in Nepal were peaceful when the video was made.
Since the FIR, Sharma has faced threats online and details about his workplace and family have been shared.
Uttar Pradesh Police filed a sedition case against Arpit Sharma.
The case is related to a video about protests in Nepal.
Sharma is charged under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Police allege the video aimed to stoke violence and undermine India's integrity.
Sharma stated he was not inciting people.
- Who
- Arpit Sharma, a content creator.
- What
- The Uttar Pradesh Police filed a sedition case against Sharma for a video about Nepal protests.
- When
- The First Information Report (FIR) was filed on Thursday; the video was posted the day after Nepal protests began.
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India and Nepal
- Why
- Sharma's video was allegedly created to incite violence in India and undermine its integrity, according to police.
- Accused
- Arpit Sharma
- Charges
- Sedition
- Legal Provision
- Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Context
- Video on Nepal protests
- Allegation
- Inciting violence and undermining India's integrity
- Sharma's Profession
- Chartered Accountant in England