Jharkhand Police arrests man for alleged 'pro-Pakistan' post
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Ramgarh: On Saturday, following US President Donald Trump's proclamation that India and Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs and the Pakistan administration confirmed the same.
Police said that a 20-year-old man was arrested in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district on Saturday for allegedly posting pro-Pakistan content on social media, PTI reported.
The man, identified as Sahil Ali, was apprehended from the Jawahar Nagar area after his post went viral on social media, they said.
Ali was arrested under Section 127 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) for posting objectionable content, said Nirbhay Kumar Gupta, the officer-in-charge of the Bhurkunda outpost.
Locals also held a protest over the social media post, he said.
Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Anurag Kumar Tiwari said Ali was released on a bond on the assurance that he would not engage in such activities in the future.
He has been directed to appear before a court on May 13, the SDO said.
Recently, SRM University in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, had suspended an assistant professor for her critical social media posts on Operation Sindoor, via which India targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Following the Indian attack on Pakistan, the professor wrote on her WhatsApp status, “India killed a child in Pakistan and wounded two people in the early Wednesday strikes. Killing innocent lives for your own bloodlust and election stunts is not bravery, and it is not justice. It is a cowardly attack.”
Days ago, the Uttar Pradesh government school suspended a primary class teacher for sharing her views on the Pahalgam terror attack on Facebook. The teacher, identified as Zeba Afroz, had written a post against the Sangh Parivar, which must have irked the BJP dispensation in Uttar Pradesh, prompting her suspension order, The Observer Post reported.
