Delhi Police Register FIR Against Social Media User for Lewd Remarks on Widow of Kirti Chakra Awardee

GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 13th July. The Delhi Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a social media user for making “lewd and derogatory” remarks about Smriti Singh, the widow of posthumous Kirti Chakra awardee Captain Anshuman Singh.

The action comes following a complaint filed by the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday. The NCW took suo motu cognizance of the offensive comment that surfaced online. According to a police officer, the FIR has been lodged against a resident of Delhi under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology (IT) Act.

The specific sections include:

• Section 79 of the BNS: Pertaining to acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman.
• Section 67 of the IT Act: Relating to the punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.

“The man’s comment contravenes Section 79 of the BNS, 2023, and Section 67 of the IT Act, 2000. NCW condemns this behaviour and urges immediate action,” the NCW stated on X (formerly Twitter).

Further investigation into the matter is ongoing.

Captain Anshuman Singh, serving as a medical officer with the 26 Punjab in the Siachen Glacier area, was killed in July last year in a fire at an Indian Army ammunition dump. Despite rescuing several people, Captain Singh tragically succumbed to the blaze while attempting to retrieve a critical medical aid box.

For his extraordinary bravery, Captain Anshuman Singh was posthumously awarded the Kirti Chakra, India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award. His widow, Smriti Singh, and his mother, Manju Singh, accepted the award from President Draupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on July 5.