4 arrested in UP for derogatory remarks
LUCKNOW/VARANASI: The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested four people for allegedly making objectionable comments in connection with the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
Three of them -- a man from Ballia and two students, from Mau and Lucknow, were arrested for making the remarks on social media. Another person, from Siddarthanagar, was arrested for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans at a meeting and then posting it on Facebook.In Lucknow, the Krishnanagar police on Saturday arrested Rajab Khan, a Shri Jai Narain Post Graduate College BA first year student, after registering a case against him under the Information Technology (IT) Act for his derogatory WhatsApp messages. “The student was terminated from his college over the issue,” said college principal SD Sharma.
Sharma said Rajab, son of labourer Anis Khan, had posted WhatsApp messages against the slain CRPF troopers and added that the college reported the matter to police. Saurabh Shukla, a former student of the college, had also complained to the police.
Station house officer (SHO), Hussianganj police station, Anil Kumar said a case was registered against Rajab, 21, on the complaint of Saurabh.
Despite repeated phone calls and messages, Rajab could not be reached for reaction. His phone was switched off.
In the Mau case, police said Mohammad Osama, a resident of Madanpura under Dakshintola police station area of the district, was arrested late Friday night for his controversial tweet. Osama is a graduation student at a college in Azamgarh.
Police in Ballia registered a case against a man under provisions of the IT Act and relevant sections of the IPC after his post supporting the attack on Facebook went viral. “Ravi Prakash Maurya, who claims to be a SP (Samajwadi Party) supporter on Facebook, has allegedly extended support to the act of the person accused of attacking the CRPF jawans in Pulwama. He expressed pride over the incident and also paid tribute,” acting superintendent of police Vijay Pal Singh said. “Maurya’s post went viral today (Saturday), and the police immediately acted by registering a case under IT Act and the IPC against him. He has been arrested,” Singh said.
In Siddharthanagar, one person was arrested for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans and posting the same on Facebook, police said.
Meanwhile, in Shahjahanpur, a case was registered against a youth for writing a derogatory comment in a Facebook post and posting a photograph of some people burning the national flag, a police official said.
“The case was registered against a youth, identified as Mohammed Farhan Khan,” superintendent of police, city, Dinesh Tripathi said. AMU INCIDENT Earlier, a student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) was booked and later suspended, and two students of private institutes in Uttarakhand were suspended for remarks they allegedly made against the killed CRPF jawans. All these three students are from Kashmir.