After a complaint was filed by local lawyer Shashank Shekhar, Kaur was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 124A (sedition, attempt to excite disaffection or hatred), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion), 500 (defamation) and 505 (intent to incite), and section 66 of the IT Act (for sending offensive messages).
She also posted a picture of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh saying ‘she won’t be forgotten’ and posted the cover of a deeply controversial book called Who killed Karkare? which makes several remarkable claims.