One held for uploading objectionable post in Social Media at Mangaldai

One held for uploading objectionable post in Social Media at Mangaldai

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MANGALDAI: Uploading of derogatory and objectionable comment on a highly sensitive issue in Facebook has landed a youth in jail. The arrested youth, Najrul Sultan alias Sultan (26), son of Nabiruddin Ahmed of village Muslim Gjopa under Sipajhar Police Station in Darrang district, a few days back had uploaded some objectionable comment on Facebook. As the cyber cell of Darrang Police, as per instructions from Superintendent of Police Amrit Bhuyan, has been keeping a sharp vigil on social media and constantly monitoring the updates, Sub-Inspector (Program) Krishna Kanta Laskar detected it and during investigation traced the location of the youth and arrested him.

The arrested accused person has been booked in connection with Mangaldai Police Station case number 920/19 under section 153 (A)/295 (A) of Indian Penal Code read with section 67 of the Information Technology Act. Meanwhile, the accused was produced before the judicial court and has also been remanded to judicial custody in Mangaldai District Jail. Significantly, the police also picked up a few other youths for their alleged social media uploads but were later released after counselling.

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