Man booked for offensive post on social media portal

TNN | Apr 6, 2020, 04:08 IST

Prayagraj: A man was booked on Sunday for allegedly hurting the sentiments of a minority community with an objectionable post about the novel coronavirus outbreak on social media.
According to reports, the accused Patel Saurabh Verma was booked under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups), 295 A (malicious acts intended to outrage religious feeling of any class insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 188 (violating orders) of the Indian Penal Code and section 66 of the Information Technology (IT) Act.
SSP (Prayagraj) Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj said, “The accused had uploaded an objectionable post related the Covid-19 outbreak on his Facebook account. Other users had complained against the man and demanded strict action against the man.”
In another case, a man was arrested on Saturday evening for allegedly uploading objectionable comments against Hindu deities on his fake social media account.
The accused was identified as Mohammad Shahid.
Till now, around a dozen cases have been lodged with different police stations of the city wherein social networking site users had allegedly uploading objectionable articles \ photos or comments to hurt the religious sentiments of other community.
A five-member team of police’s social media cell is keeping an eye on various platforms. Police have also issued a strict warning to users against trying to disturb peace.