Etah man arrested for obscene comment against CM Yogi Adityanath on FB

AGRA: A 21-year-old college dropout was arrested and sent to jail on Saturday for allegedly posting an obscene comment with a picture on social media against chief minister Yogi Adityanath.


Ram Niwas Singh,

circle officer

of Jalesar, said the cyber cell, on alert since

Hathras case

, on Friday spotted an obscene and inflammatory post on Facebook against CM Yogi. The cell tracked the man who allegedly posted the content. He was identified as Dushyant Pratap Singh of Nuhukhera village under Jalesar police station, he added.

KP Singh

, Jalesar police station house officer, said, “On basis of the complaint received from the cyber cell, a case was registered against the accused under IPC section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), besides provision of the IT Act." The man has no political connection, he added.