Man held for Kanpur violence-linked post on FB

June 09, 2022 19:53

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The Kanpur police on Thursday arrested a man for posting nflammatory and objectionable posts' on social media related to Kanpur violence, taking the total number of those arrested in connection with the incident to 55, a senior officer said.

It has also been decided to make heavy deployment of forces in some pockets of Kanpur ahead of Friday prayers, police said.

The arrested person has been identified as Gaurav Rajput.

He was arrested from Kakadev locality, the officer said.

Deputy commissioner of police (West) BBGTS Murthy said that he had received information that Rajput had been posting inflammatory posts targeting the Muslim community on his Facebook account and had been sharing them with others.

Rajput was apprehended by Kakadev police and was produced before the court of metropolitan magistrate-VIII, which sent him on a one-day judicial remand, the DCP said.

Violence had erupted in parts of Kanpur after last week's Friday prayers as members from Hindu and Muslim communities indulged in brick-batting and hurling of bombs during an attempt to shut shops.

The shutdown was called for by some Muslim community leaders in protest against comments on Prophet Mohammad made by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma during a TV debate.

Meanwhile, taking note of several complaints being made about the arrests of innocent people and wrongly implicating them in connection with the violence, police commissioner Vijay Singh Meena has formed a four-member committee headed by additional CP (law and order) Anand Prakash Tiwari. -- PTI

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