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.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
