The man, Upendra Kumar Bahadur Singh (39), a junior ticket checker with the railways, was arrested under IPC section 153 (B) (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), police said.
"On Friday morning, some local residents had gathered at Shivaji Chowk in Lonavala to pay homage to the CRPF jawans martyred in the Pulwama attack," B R Patil, senior inspector of Lonavala police station, said.
"When people were paying homage, Singh reached the venue andstarted raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans. People present there got angry and tried to beat him up. But since police personnel were deployed there, he was immediately detained," he said.
According to Patil, Singh was produced in the court, which remanded him in police custody till February 18.
Railway employee held for raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans
Pune: A railway employee was Friday arrested for allegedly raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans at Lonavala in the district, where some local residents had gathered to pay homage to the CRPF jawans killed in Pulwama terror attack, a police official said.
Also read: Telangana CM condemns terror attack on CRPF jawans
With inputs from PTI
The man, Upendra Kumar Bahadur Singh (39), a junior ticket checker with the railways, was arrested under IPC section 153 (B) (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), police said.
"On Friday morning, some local residents had gathered at Shivaji Chowk in Lonavala to pay homage to the CRPF jawans martyred in the Pulwama attack," B R Patil, senior inspector of Lonavala police station, said.
"When people were paying homage, Singh reached the venue andstarted raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans. People present there got angry and tried to beat him up. But since police personnel were deployed there, he was immediately detained," he said.
According to Patil, Singh was produced in the court, which remanded him in police custody till February 18.
Also read: Telangana CM condemns terror attack on CRPF jawans
With inputs from PTI
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Railway employee held for raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans
Pune, Feb 15 (PTI) A railway employee was Friday
arrested for allegedly raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans at
Lonavala in the district, where some local residents had
gathered to pay homage to the CRPF jawans killed in Pulwama
terror attack, a police official said.
The man, Upendra Kumar Bahadur Singh (39), a junior
ticket checker with the railways, was arrested under IPC
section 153 (B) (imputations, assertions prejudicial to
national integration), police said.
"On Friday morning, some local residents had gathered
at Shivaji Chowk in Lonavala to pay homage to the CRPF jawans
martyred in the Pulwama attack," B R Patil, senior inspector
of Lonavala police station, said.
"When people were paying homage, Singh reached the
venue andstarted raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans. People
present there got angry and tried to beat him up. But since
police personnel were deployed there, he was immediately
detained," he said.
According to Patil, Singh was produced in the court,
which remanded him in police custody till February 18. PTI SPK
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