Kolkata man who filed FIR against Instagram influencer Sharmishta Panoli now faces 7 complaints for ‘communal posts’

KOLKATA: Wazahat Khan Qadri, whose FIR prompted Kolkata police to arrest a law student and influencer from Gurugram for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, is himself accused of regularly making communal and inflammatory posts on social media, and now faces at least seven complaints in this regard."We have received multiple complaints against Qadri at the Lalbazar (Kolkata police headquarters) cyber cell and multiple police stations, with excerpts of his social media posts. We are verifying them, and legal action will follow," an officer said.One of the complaints is Prasun Maitra, head of an NGO, who accused Khan of being a "habitual offender", and urged the authorities to respond with the same alacrity that they did in the case of the Instagram influencer.Khan's X account is currently locked.Meanwhile, the law student's lawyer Mohd Samimuddin on Monday said her health was deteriorating because of the poor and unhygienic living conditions at Alipore women's correctional facility. He told reporters that his client, who has kidney stones, lacked access to basic amenities, including health and hygiene facilities. A petition has been filed, seeking to secure her fundamental rights while in custody, he added."On Monday, we filed a petition in court so that she gets access to her basic rights... She is innocent. We are trying our best to get her out on bail," the lawyer said.