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GUWAHATI: Police in upper Assam’s Jorhat district on Sunday arrested a Central reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable for allegedly posting remarks critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Rajnath Singh on social media. The CRPF sacked him a day before his arrest.

Pankaj Mishra, from Ara in Bihar, who was posted at CRPF’s 119 battalion at Rowriah in Jorhat was arrested after a case was filed in Jorhat police station by CRPF sub-inspector Rupram Saikia on behalf of Commandant Balram Behera. The case has been registered under provisions of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Information Technology (IT) Act for obscene acts in public, criminal intimidation etc.

“Constable Mishra was arrested on Sunday on the basis of objectionable social media posts against the Prime Minister and the home minister. He was picked up from CRPF’s camp,” Jorhat deputy superintendent of police Dilip Barua said.

During the past few months, Mishra had posted several video clips on a social media platform lambasting Modi, Singh, the NDA government at the Centre, the CRPF, and the judiciary.

According to the police, Mishra was earlier warned by CRPF authorities to desist from such acts, which were in violation of service rules.

In April, the constable, then in West Bengal, posted videos criticising the government after a relative serving in CRFP died in a Naxal attack in Chattisgarh.

Following the incident, he was transferred to Jorhat.

Following his arrest on Saturday, the constable told local journalists that he has done nothing wrong and said that he will continue to highlight problems within the force and in other areas in the future as well.

Mishra was produced in a local court after his arrest and was sent to judicial custody.

CRPF’S PANKAJ MISHRA HAD POSTED SEVERAL VIDEO CLIPS ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAMBASTING PM MODI, RAJNATH SINGH, THE CENTRE, AND ALSO THE JUDICIARY