Kathmandu, Dec 31: A Nepalese vlogger was arrested from East Sikkim on Saturday on the charge that she was trying to instigate communal strife in the state, Indian news agency PTI said quotting a local Sikkim police.
The woman, identified as Uma Chamling Rai — a native of Khotang, had uploaded a short video on social media a few days ago, urging members of the Rai community in Sikkim to stand up for their rights.
A Sikkimese woman, Sila Rai, came across the video and lodged a complaint at the Sadar police station. Based on it, a case was registered under IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity), 153-B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), police said.
When produced before a court, she was remanded to judicial custody for five days, they said.
