The Mumbai police has arrested a person for allegedly defaming Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis recently, by tweeting his family photograph.

The accused, who has been identified as Ajay Hatekar, was arrested by the suburban Oshiwara police, senior police inspector of the Oshiwara police station, Subhash Khanvilkar told PTI.

Hatekar had allegedly posted a photograph of the Maharashtra CM's family enjoying a vacation in Goa, in 2011-2012, on Twitter, and suggested that it is a photograph of the CM's family holidaying in the USA at present, the police officer said.

According to the police officer, Hatewar allegedly posted the photo on social networking site Twitter at 8.30 am on July 2, by linking it to the Maharashtra CM's recent visit to the USA. Later, a police complaint was lodged by Sanjay Pandey, a BJP worker, alleging that Twitter had tried to malign the Maharashtra Chief Minister, the officer said.