Youth arrested for FB post on UP CM

A 22-year-old youth was arrested by the Greater Noida police on Thursday for allegedly posting objectionable content against newly elected Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on his Facebook wall.

A complaint was lodged against the youth, identified as Rahat Khan, by the members of Hindu Yuva Vahini, a Hindu youth group founded by Yogi Adityanath , in Dankaur police station on Thursday evening.

Acting on the complaint, the police nabbed Khan, who runs a Jan Suvidha Kendra (public utility centre) in Dankaur.

“Rahat Khan has posted morphed image of the newly elected chief minister and captioned it with ‘Yogi hai, ya bhogi hai’ on his Facebook wall,” said Rajpal Tomar, the station house officer of Dankaur police station.

Police said Khan was arrested under Sections 66A (Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service) of IT Act.

Khan’s mother Munni, however, claimed that her son was innocent and was framed. “Our family is involved in several social service activities. We have even won applauds from Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself for raising the issue of triple talaaq,” she said.

She added that Khan had been framed by the land mafia, who stole his Facebook password, logged in and posted the content online on his Facebook page. HTC