A man has been arrested in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly posting morphed photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and obscene comments on a social media platform, police said on Sunday.The accused was arrested late Friday night, the official said, adding that he was produced before a local court which sent him in judicial custody.
Parvez Alam, aged around 28, has been arrested under Indian Penal Code Sections 292 (sale of obscene books, etc), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and the Information Technology Act Section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form), Gohalpur police station’s inspector Ravindra Gautam said.
On 12 July, one Sartaj Alam lodged a police complaint against Parvez Alam, accusing the latter of uploading morphed photographs of the prime minister with obscene comments on Facebook, he said.
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