Azam Khan FB post: SC asks UP govt to explain why boy was arrested

March 20, 2015 11:11

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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