Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter and media adviser Iltija Mufti is facing a backlash from Right-wing groups for her comments on Hindutva and Ram, with a Kashmiri Pandit group on Monday announcing it had filed a police complaint against her.

“The complaint has been lodged with the Cyber Crime Cell, Delhi, alleging that the statement is deeply offensive, is aimed at inciting communal discord, and deliberately insults Lord Rama, the Hindu religion and its followers,” the Youth for Panun Kashmir said on its social media handle.

“The complaint cites Sections 302, 325, and 323 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 67 of the IT Act.”

Some of these sections deal with hurting religious feelings and obscenity. Vithal Chowdhary, president of the group, called Iltija’s comments “derogatory and inflammatory”.

Roots in Kashmir, another Pandit organisation, has welcomed the action taken by the Youth for Panun Kashmir.

Iltija had stirred a hornet’s nest on Saturday, calling Hindutva a disease, while commenting on a video that purportedly showed Muslim boys being thrashed and forced to chant “Jai Shri Ram”.

The video is reportedly from Madhya Pradesh.

The BJP has asked Iltija to apologise for her comments but she has been unrelenting in her criticism of Hindutva.

“Much outrage over my tweet & also whataboutery about Islam. The senseless violence that’s been carried out in the name of Islam is what caused Islamophobia in the first place,” Iltija said on Sunday.

“Today Hinduism (not Hindutva) also finds itself in a similar situation where it’s being used & abused to lynch & persecute minorities. Let’s call spade a spade.”

Iltija on Monday hit out at “goons” heckling Kashmiris in Haryana. “Kashmiri shawl vendors are being heckled & harassed in Haryana. The goons indulging in such shameful acts clearly have no fear & seem to enjoy unbridled impunity. Request @cmohry (CM of Haryana) to take immediate action against the perpetrators,” she said in one post.