U.P. man held over objectionable post on Adityanath, Mayawati on social media

Local Jewar police lodged an FIR on its own after taking note of the reaction of several social media users over the post: Officials

A 24-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar for allegedly posting objectionable picture of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and former CM Mayawati on social media, officials said.

The accused had shared a morphed picture of Mr. Adityanath and Ms. Mayawati on Facebook on March 13, they said.

The local Jewar police had lodged an FIR on its own after taking note of the reaction of several social media users over the post, officials said.

"The accused has been identified as Amir Khan, a resident of Dayanatpur village under Jewar police station limits. He was held near the Sabauta underpass on Tuesday morning," a police spokesperson said.

SHO, Jewar Police Station, Umesh Bahadur said Khan works a daily-wage construction worker and was being produced in a local court as per procedures.

"He did not share with the police why he had put out the morphed picture," he told PTI.