‘India funding YouTuber Adil Raja’

PESHAWAR: Social media activist and YouTuber Adil Raja has been receiving funds from India for inciting hatred against state intuitions in Pakistan, Provincial Caretaker Minister for Information and Public Relations KP Barrister Feroze Jamal Shah Kakakhel claimed Friday.

Addressing a press conference in Peshawar, Barrister Feroze Jamal said that London-based social media activist was conducting a provocative campaign against state institutions by sitting in British capital through his YouTube channel.

“Adil Raja is receiving funds from India for spreading hatred, and disseminating anti-state propaganda in Pakistan,” he said.

It is pertinent to mention here that YouTuber Adil Farooq Raja had been arrested in the United Kingdom (UK) for running a defamatory campaign against Pakistan’s state institutions.

The controversial YouTuber Raja was reportedly detained by Scotland Yard. He was summoned for questioning by the investigators for his alleged involvement in incitement to violence through YouTube and other platforms.

Raja was also booked in several cases in Pakistan related to inciting Pakistanis to rebel against the state.

On Monday, Islamabad police booked overseas Pakistanis including Raja for inciting people to rebel against the state.

The FIR was registered on the complaint of G-11 resident, Muhammad Aslam at the Ramana police station. Overseas Pakistanis, Shaheen Sehbai, Haider Raza Mehdi, Wajahat Saeed Khan and Adil Farooq Raja have been nominated in the case under terrorism and sedition charges.