25-year-old arrested for posting 'objectionable photo' of UP CM

March 21, 2017 07:46

A 25-year-old man was arrested in Ghazipur for uploading an objectionable picture of Yogi Adityanath, hours after he was sworn in as the UP chief minister, on a fake Facebook account, police said.

Badshah Abdul Razak, a resident of Professors Colony in Ghazipur district uploaded the image on Sunday night and it was circulated on social media, police said. He forged the identity to create the account.

District magistrate Sanjay Khatri and senior police officers had to rush to the neighbourhood as the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a youth outfit founded by Adityanath, started gathering in protest.

Tempers ran high as the family and friends of Razak and locals came face to face with the Yuva Vahini members.

A police party raided Razaks house and arrested him.

During questioning, Razak confessed to uploading the image, inspector Surendra Kumar Pandey said.

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