Nashik: Man held for uploading provocative message on WhatsApp

TNN | Updated: Apr 6, 2020, 11:13 IST

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NASHIK: A 31-year-old man was arrested on Saturday by Jalna police for uploading a provocative message targeting a certain community in a WhatsApp group.
According to police, the man, through his provocative message, had requested people in the group to refrain from buying vegetable from people belonging to a certain community as it would be like buying one’s own death.
Police inspector Ravikant Sonawane of Jalgaon taluka police station said the man was arrested under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code.