Over the weekend, the country saw some very disturbing photographs and videos of police brutality on students protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Jamia Milia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University. Following which, eminent voices from Bollywood took to Twitter to condemn the act.

Several actors including Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Parineeti Chopra, Alia Bhatt, along with directors like Anurag Kashyap and Alankrita Srivastava, raised a voice. Now, joining the brigade is Farhan Akhtar.

Urging people to gather at August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai to protest against CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC), Farhan tweeted, "Here’s what you need to know about why these protests are important. See you on the 19th at August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai. The time to protest on social media alone is over."

Here’s what you need to know about why these protests are important. See you on the 19th at August Kranti Maidan, Mumbai. The time to protest on social media alone is over. pic.twitter.com/lwkyMCHk2v Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) December 18, 2019

No sooner did Farhan tweet, senior IPS officer, Sandeep Mittal pointed out to Farhan that he, too, has broken the law. Sharing an explainer video of section 121 of the Indian Penal Code, Mittal tweeted, "You also need to know that you ' ve committed an Offence u/s 121 of Indian Penal Code & it is not unintentional. @MumbaiPolice & @NIA_India are you listening. Please think of the Nation that is giving you everything in your Life. Understand the Law(https://youtu.be/7F20KrW6RLU) (sic)"

You also need to know that you ' ve committed an Offence u/s 121 of Indian Penal Code & it is not unintentional. @MumbaiPolice & @NIA_India are you listening.Please think of the Nation that is giving you everything in your Life.

Understand the Law( https://t.co/DK3hDYe9e2 ) Sandeep Mittal, IPS (@smittal_ips) December 18, 2019

Tagging Mumbai Police and the National Investigation Agency of India, Mittal requested these bodies to take action "thinking of the Nation".

This isn't the first time Sandeep Mittal educated someone on Twitter. A couple of days ago, Mittal had replied to one of Javed Akhtar's tweets, where the lyricist condemned the Police's act of breaking and entering into the Jamia university campus. Akhtar wrote, "According to the law of the land under any circumstances police can not enter any university campus with out the permission of the university authorities. By entering the Jamia campus with out permission police has created a precedence that is a threat to every university (sic)."

According to the law of the land under any circumstances police can not enter any university campus with out the permission of the university authorities. By entering the Jamia campus with out permission police has created a precedence that is a threat to every university . Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) December 16, 2019

Mittal responded on Javed Akhtar's tweet and wrote, "Dear Legal Expert Please elaborate the law of land, the section number and name of the Act etc so that we are also enlightened. Regards (sic)."

Dear Legal Expert

Please elaborate the law of land, the section number and name of the Act etc so that we are also enlightened.

Regards Sandeep Mittal, IPS (@smittal_ips) December 16, 2019

While Mittal pointed out the law, other Twiter users pointed out that the graphic Farhan had shared had an inaccurate map of India. Soon, Farhan took notice of the same and issued an apology.

Farhan's tweet read: I recently posted a message about a protest meeting on December 19th with a repost of a graphic about the meeting. While I stand by the text, I have only just noticed that the map of India on the graphic is inaccurate. Every inch and part of Kashmir is a part of India and I reject the inaccurate map. I regret not noticing this earlier. My sincerest apologies for the oversight.

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