The unknown Facebook user shared a controversial post against Narendra Modi and his mother using strong provocative language to address them
Narendra Modi with mother Heeraben Modi. Pic courtesy/PTI
An unknown Facebook user has been booked by the Andheri police for using unparliamentary language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother, Heeraben Modi. The Facebook user also called Narendra Modi 'anti-national' in his controversial post on the social media website.
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An FIR was registered on April 17, 2019, after a complaint was received from a BJP Yuva Morcha worker about the incident. The complainant, in his complaint, has named a Congress worker from Mumbai as the man behind the Facebook account who allegedly shared the controversial post on the social media platform.
The Facebook user has been named in the FIR and those who have shared his controversial post have also been booked by the Andheri police. In his post, the alleged accused also tagged a fan page, 'Arvind Kejriwal Fans page' in the post. According to the complaint, the Facebook user not only used provocative language against the Prime Minister while addressing him in the post but also abused his elderly mother and called him anti-national.
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A senior officer on the condition of anonymity said, "The Facebook user who actually shared the controversial post seems to have done so from a fake account and our team is working on tracing the person behind the fake account. The people who shared the post will also be subjected to legal action, some of them deleted it immediately after getting it."
Similar cases have been reported across the country where foul and provocative languages have been used against political leaders on various social media platforms. The accused has been booked under section 500 (Punishment for defamation) 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of IPC and section 67 (Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of IT act.
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