Fresh notice served on Madhu Kishwar, asked to appear before Chandigarh Police on Saturday
After skipping appearance on Wednesday, academician Kishwar says police team again refused to provide FIR copy
Chandigarh, Updated At : 11:05 PM Apr 22, 2026 IST
Madhu Kishwar. PTI file
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A day after scholar and academician Madhu Purnima Kishwar skipped appearance before the Chandigarh Police, a fresh notice was served on her in Delhi on Wednesday evening directing her to join the investigation on Saturday.
Confirming the development, a senior police official told The Tribune, “We have served another notice for Saturday.”
Kishwar said a Chandigarh Police team, accompanied by one Delhi Police official, visited her in Delhi to serve the fresh notice.
“The policemen who came with yet another notice were from Chandigarh Police, with one person from Delhi Police. I am shocked that even this team refused to give me a copy of the FIR but expect me to appear in Chandigarh Police Station Sector 26 on April 25. The Inspector had no answer when I repeatedly asked him why a copy of the FIR is not being given to me,” she said.
Kishwar had earlier declined to appear before the Investigating Officer at Police Station Sector 26 on Wednesday, objecting to the wrong social media handle being mentioned in the notice and the police not supplying her a certified copy of the FIR.
In her written response to the police, she had stated that the notice mentioned the handle @mandukishwar instead of her actual account @madhukishwar, raising doubts over whether the notice was meant for her. She had also said that without a certified copy of the FIR, she could not respond properly to the allegations.
An FIR was registered against Kishwar and certain other social media users at Police Station Sector 26 on the complaint of a city resident alleging circulation of forged and misleading social media posts and obscene content through a video clip.
The case has been registered under Sections 196, 336(1) and 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant provisions of the IT Act.
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