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Azam Khan FB post: SC asks UP govt to explain why boy was arrested
March 20, 2015
The Supreme Court asks the UP police to explain the circumstances in which a Class XII male student was arrested for posting objectionable remarks against Azam Khan. The UP govt has been given four weeks to respond.
The student was arrested for allegedly uploading a
'fake' comment on Facebook that was provocative and attributed to senior
SP leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan.
The student of a Bareilly school was sent to jail by a local court
after being booked under the controversial Section 66A of the
Information Technology (IT) Act and for breach of peace by the Rampur
police.
He was arrested on a complaint lodged with the police by
the minister's PRO Fasahat Ali Khan Shanu. A team of crime branch
sleuths was constituted which arrested the youth from his residence.
The boy was given bail yesterday.
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