Man held for posting inflammatory messages on FB

Coimbatore: The Rathinapuri police arrested a man on Friday for posting inflammatory messages against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and a religion on social media.
The arrested person was identified as I Sikkandar Basha, 41, of Bilal Estate at South Ukkadam and a member of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). He had posted defamatory messages on Facebook page ‘Agni Paravai’ against the PM and the CM for supporting the citizen amendment Act, police sources said. He also posted hate messages against RSS and BJP.
District organiser of Bharat Sena S R Kumaresan had lodged a complaint against Basha with the Rathinapuri police on April 9.
As the messages were intended to trigger communal tension in Coimbatore city, police had registered a case against against Basha on April 10. TNN