The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra on Thursday registered a criminal case against a man from Taloja in Navi Mumbai for keeping a derogatory post on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his WhatsApp status, an official said, reported the PTI.

The man, who later removed the post, was booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 299 (deliberate acts intended to insult religious beliefs and outrage religious feelings), 302 (uttering words or acts with deliberate intent to hurt religious feelings) and relevant provisions of the IT Act, he said.