The Assam police have summoned journalist and The Wire editor Siddharth Varadarajan in a case of sedition, over an article on Operation Sindoor carried by the online portal. The article carried comments by India’s military attache to Indonesia on IAF jets and military tactics employed during Operation Sindoor and was widely reported. It is now part of police case diaries for being an act “endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India”. On August 12, the Supreme Court directed the Assam police to not take any “coercive steps” against Varadarajan. However, in defiance of the Court order, the police........

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