Youth arrested for making anti-Mamata remark on Facebook

October 15, 2014 21:12

A youth was arrested in Malda district of West Bengal on the charge of making a derogatory remark against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Facebook.

The police said that Bapi Pal, 25, of Janakinagar village, who worked as a Civic Police Volunteer, but now unemployed, was arrested last night after a Trinamool Congress supporter filed a complaint at Harishchandrapur police station.

Pal was produced before a local court today which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody. It was not immediately known as to what was the content of the post. The Civic Police Volunteer Force was introduced by the Kolkata civic body in 2008 to assist Kolkata Police in traffic management.

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