Nagpur: The arrest of five activists for their alleged Maoist links and connection to the Koregaon Bhima flare up which had claimed one life, has triggered a face-off between pro and antigovernment groups on a social media platform.
Security agencies too sneaked into the fray to project the violent truths behind the garbs of the so-called urban civil and human right activists.
Twitter was flooded with comments as twitterattis, divided into #MeTooUrbanNaxals and #Urban Naxals groups, went at each other.
Anticipating strong protest over arrest of activists, security agencies immediately released a few posts detailing the past records of the accused. The posts contained details of previous cases registered against the activists and their latest writings which condemned the state machineries.
As per a source, the activists’ supporters are likely to organize agitations across the city to condemn police action. “Protests in main metros and even the smaller cities are likely to garner public support against the police action,” he said.
Sources added that the propaganda wing of the government is ready to expose urban Maoist sympathizers and damages they are doing to democracy.
One of the posts released by security agencies
