Kolkata Police defended the arrest of Instagram influencer Sharmistha Panoli, clarifying it was due to a video allegedly insulting religious beliefs and promoting communal disharmony, not her political views. Police stated that Panoli was absconding after failing to comply with legal notices, leading to her arrest in Gurugram.
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