RAJKOT: A man was arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly uploading a video defaming the central government for its alleged failure in tackling Covid-19 outbreak.
Police said the accused, identified as Sanjay Gadhia (45), a resident of Satyam Shivam Sundaram Society on Jamnagar Road in Rajkot, had allegedly uploaded the defamatory video on Facebook on the night of April 14.
“In his video, Gadhia accused the government of giving out false information related to coronavirus,” said K A Vala, inspector with Gandhigram police station.
Earlier, Gadhia had also been booked for allegedly defaming Prime Minister Narenda Modi through his Facebook post on March 5.
One Divyesh Ramani, who had taken the screen shots of Gadhia’s defamatory posts on Facebook wall, had also lodged a police complainant against Gadhia.
Police said the accused, identified as Sanjay Gadhia (45), a resident of Satyam Shivam Sundaram Society on Jamnagar Road in Rajkot, had allegedly uploaded the defamatory video on Facebook on the night of April 14.
“In his video, Gadhia accused the government of giving out false information related to coronavirus,” said K A Vala, inspector with Gandhigram police station.
Earlier, Gadhia had also been booked for allegedly defaming Prime Minister Narenda Modi through his Facebook post on March 5.
One Divyesh Ramani, who had taken the screen shots of Gadhia’s defamatory posts on Facebook wall, had also lodged a police complainant against Gadhia.
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