Man posting hate messages against PM Modi arrested

A 42-year-old man was arrested in Odisha for allegedly posting hate messages against Prime Minister Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.

Bhubaneswar (Odisha): Police have arrested a 42-year-old man in Odisha for posting hate messages against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.

The man from Kusumbi village in Cuttack district was arrested by a police team from Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

He was booked under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Section 124A (Sedition),
police said.

"The Uttar Pradesh Police had sought the help of the local police here. Our personnel extended necessary cooperation to the team to nab him," Superintendent of Police, Cuttack (Sadar), Jugal Kishore Banoth said.

A case was registered against the man at Singhabali police station.

The UP Police team plans to take the man, who runs a small business in Salipur in Odisha, on transit remand, they added.

(PTI report)