Goa: Case against man for 'insulting' national flag through social media post
Panaji (PTI): The Goa police on Thursday registered a case against a local man for allegedly insulting the national flag through his social media post, an official said.
The case was registered by the Old Goa police, he said.
"The accused, Nazario D'Souza, a resident of Santa Cruz village near Panaji, was booked under Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act," the senior police official said.
The action was taken based on a complaint lodged against D'Souza by local panchayat member Inacio Domnick Pereira after the former posted a picture that allegedly insulted the national flag as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said.
He was also booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 500 (defamation), he added.
In his complaint, Pereira accused D'Souza of posting an objectionable picture of the national flag on his social media account on the eve of India's Independence Day, the official said.
"D'Souza was called for questioning and further investigation into the case on," he said.
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2 held for strangling to death 3-year-old girl in Jharkhand’s Godda
Godda (PTI): Two persons were arrested for allegedly strangling to death a three-year-old girl and dumping her body into a well in Jharkhand’s Godda district, police said on Friday.
The incident took place at Makudi village within Muffasil police station limits on Thursday night, they said.
Villagers said they spotted a man identified as Prem Murmu (50) near the well at night and, suspecting foul play, informed the police.
"The kid's body was recovered from the well soon after, and Murmu was detained for questioning," said Anand Shah, the officer-in-charge of Muffasil police station.
During interrogation, Murmu told police that he and his friend Jarmen Soren (30) had killed the kid. Both were later arrested, Saha said.
"The accused were in an inebriated state at the time of the incident. They have not yet revealed the motive behind the killing. This has led to suspicion that the girl might have been raped," the OC said.
The duo have been sent to judicial custody after registering an FIR at the police station, police said.
