Patiala youth held for ‘communal’ FB post

Patiala, April 8

In a crackdown against the persons who are posting derogatory and objectionable messages on various social media platforms, the district police have registered a criminal case against a youth for posting such messages against a community in a bid to create communal disharmony.

DGP Dinkar Gupta said immediately after this incident was brought into his notice by the members of the community based in Ludhiana, the SSP Patiala swung into action. Subsequently, an FIR under Sections 188, 295A, 505C IPC and Section 54 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, was registered at Tripuri police station against Akash Deep, who had been arrested in this case.

He would be produced in court on Thursday and his mobile phone used for uploading this objectionable content had also been taken into possession, the DGP said.

The DGP warned that swift and strict legal action would be taken against persons violating the curfew. He said anyone trying to disturb peace and communal harmony by posting objectionable content or speaking against any religion or community or anyone circulating fake and false messages would also be dealt with severely. — TNS