Islamic Youtuber Heer Khan, who was conducting hate propaganda online against Hinduism by posting derogatory comments against Hindu deities in her YouTube channel ‘Black Day August 5’ was arrested on August 26. Following several rounds of interrogation, there have been suspicions that she might have connections abroad.
According to Inspector General (IG) (Prayagraj range) K P Singh, “Police have interrogated the woman at length and we are currently looking into her connections, both, in the country and abroad. We found that one Waris, currently working in the UAE and two men from Hyderabad used to send her money. Two Pakistani youths have also been found to be in touch with her.”
She has also been in touch with several people by means of chats and WhatsApp calls and has been receiving funds for conducting this hate crime. She had revealed upon investigations that her maternal uncle was the former president of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and is currently associated with another organisation. She said her uncle’s son was an active member of the Student Islamic Organisation (SIO). The IG said that Sana, her uncle and his son had attended the protests against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Mansoor Ali Park in January 2020.
She had initially been arrested and booked under Section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) and 505 of (statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) of the IPC and, Section 66 of the Information Technology (IT) Act. Later, following the results of the interrogations, the Prayagraj police added more sections to the FIR to include charges of spreading disharmony through mischievous content, sedition and section 67 of the IT Act.