Overview
- An FIR names several social media accounts that criticised India’s food regulator, including @NalinisKitchen, @khurpenchh, @gemsofbabus_, @IamTheStory_, and @YTKDIndia, and investigators have issued summons to account holders.
- Police have asked X for account data such as phone numbers, email IDs, and IP logs as they examine claims that internal FSSAI files were posted online without authorization.
- Nalini Unagar confirmed the case against her, removed the contested posts, and said the action has caused severe stress, while denying any role in circulating documents.
- The complaint filed by an FSSAI official alleges a coordinated effort that leaked or even forged internal papers, points to possible insider collusion, and cites BNS Sections 316(4) and 3(5) and IT Act Section 72A.
- The probe has sparked debate over free expression and accountability as India wrestles with real food-safety gaps, especially in loose-market items that are hard to trace compared with packaged foods.