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Man jailed for offensive posts against Uttarakhand CM

DEHRADUN: A man has been sent to jail for posting alleged offensive and objectionable posts against Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on his Facebook account, top police officials said on Monday.

Dehradun, July 16

A man has been sent to jail for posting alleged offensive and objectionable posts against Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on his Facebook account, top police officials said on Monday.

Uttarkashi Superintendent of Police (SP) Pankaj Bhatt said Rajpal Singh Rawat, a farmer by profession, was arrested from the Purola area in the district on Sunday. He was then produced in a court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate on Sunday evening which sent him to the jail. “We have sent Rawat to the Tehri jail today,” said Bhatt.

Rawat had been warned repeatedly by the police not to post any offensive or vulgar matter against the Chief Minister on social media. “He ignored all warnings and continued to posts offensive matters against the Chief Minister. So we arrested him on Sunday,” said Bhatt. Police sources said most of posts had been deleted. — IANS

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