UP man held over objectionable post on Adityanath, Mayawati on social media
Noida(PTI): A 24-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar for allegedly posting objectionable picture of Chief Minister Adityanath and former CM Mayawati on social media, officials said.
The accused had shared the morphed picture of Adityanath and Mayawati on Facebook on March 13, they said.
The local Jewar police had lodged an FIR on its own after taking note of the reaction of several social media users over the post, officials said.
"The accused has been identified as Amir Khan, a resident of Dayanatpur village under Jewar police station limits. He was held near the Sabauta underpass on Tuesday morning," a police spokesperson said.
SHO, Jewar Police Station, Umesh Bahadur said Khan works a daily-wage construction worker and was being produced in a local court as per procedures.
"He did not share with the police why he had put out the morphed picture," he told PTI.
The FIR has been lodged on a complaint by a local police official, who probed the matter after the issue was highlighted by a Twitter user.
Khan has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 152B (imputations and assertions prejudicial to national integration), 505(2) (public mischief) and under provisions of the Information Technology Act, according to the police.
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V D Satheesan thanks Congress leadership for selecting him as Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Congress CM candidate for Kerala V D Satheesan on Thursday thanked the party high command for giving him such a "huge responsibility".
Satheesan, speaking to reporters here, also thanked Congress general secretary K C Venugopal for coordinating the AICC efforts and supporting all party activities which helped it achieve a huge victory in the assembly polls in the state.
He also thanked senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, who worked as the campaign committee chairman, for his role in the party's win, saying "he is my leader also".
Both Venugopal and Chennithala were also in the race for the CM's post.
Satheesan said that he will take both of them into his confidence going forward.
He also thanked the lakhs of party workers and the UDF coalition partners for helping him achieve the post of chief minister, which he termed as "a divine gift".
Satheesan said the party will work to deliver on the promises made to the public and to improve their standard of living.
