Lucknow, February 11 An FIR has been registered here against a woman for allegedly making objectionable remarks against BSP supremo Mayawati on social media, police said on Wednesday.
The case was filed on the complaint of BSP Cantonment Assembly president Gangaram Verma.
According to the police, the objectionable post was allegedly posted from the Facebook account of Shreya Yadav.
In his complaint, Verma said that on February 9 at around 4 pm, a party meeting was underway at the residence of Cantonment Assembly in-charge Devesh Kumar Gautam in the Damodar Nagar area of Alambagh. During the meeting, while scrolling through Facebook, he came across a post by Yadav, which allegedly contained remarks against Mayawati.
The complaint alleged that the post used "highly objectionable, indecent, and socially unacceptable language" against the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, hurting her personal dignity and causing resentment among party workers.
Station House Officer (SHO) of Krishna Nagar, Pradhyumna Kumar Singh, told PTI that a case has been registered on the basis of the complaint and further investigation is underway.