Man who abused NCW chief arrested

Ahmedabad: The cyber crime police on Thursday arrested a man from Vadoadara for allegedly using abusive language against the national commission for women (NCW) chairman in July on a social media platform. The accused had vented his anger on the NCW chief for not taking cognizance against a stand-up comic who had abused his follower.

The accused identified as, Akash Jain, 25, a resident of Lakshmidham society in Gorwa area of Vadodara, was arrested on Thursday from his home after he confessed of writing obscene comments on Twitter.

According to officers of the cyber crime, Jain, on July 15 had posted objectionable comments against NCW chairman Rekha Sharma. “In his comment on Twitter, tagging the NCW chairman, he used expletives against her asking on why she did not register a case against the stand up comic Kenneth Sebastian – who abused one of his followers on twitter,” states a statement issued by cyber crime police.

“Sebastian, in one of his videos, abused one of Jain’s follower which did not go well with Akash who had made an appeal before the NCW to file a complaint against Sebastian. But NCW did not act, Jain in anguish posted abusive statements against NCW chairman,” reads the statement.

An FIR regarding this was filed at the cyber crime police station reads that the NCW chief on July 15 had written a letter to then Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha about the comments and cops were directed to file a complaint against the accused.

The cyber cell took around five months to file a complaint and nab the accused who is a commerce graduate from MS university in Vadodara.