Ballia (UP), February 10 Uttar Pradesh Police have arrested a journalist from Ujjain district in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly posting an objectionable and provocative image of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Facebook, officials said on Tuesday.
According to the police, a case was registered on Monday at the city police station on a complaint filed by BJP Hanumanganj Mandal general secretary Amrish Kumar Pandey.
The FIR names Pawan Tiwari under Section 196(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place, etc.).
Citing the FIR, police said the accused posted an objectionable image of the UP CM on Facebook on Sunday, accompanied by a controversial caption.
The complaint alleges that the post was intended to disturb social harmony, spread disorder, and incite a particular community against the government.
City police station SHO Kshitij Tripathi said that Tiwari (35), the accused, was arrested on Monday and sent to jail.
He said that Tiwari is a resident of the Sukhpura police station area in Ballia district but currently lives in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, where he works as a journalist.
Tripathi said that Tiwari had come to his native village to attend a family wedding when the allegedly inflammatory post was uploaded and subsequently went viral.
Further legal proceedings are underway in the case, police added.