Mumbai: Two youths arrested over Instagram posts celebrating Pakistan's I-Day
The two were freed following a warning, according to the police, who claimed their detentions were prohibitory in character.
The Mumbai Police detained two teenage college students from Colaba on Wednesday after they used their Instagram profile to share a photo of Pakistan's Independence Day festivities. The two were freed following a warning, according to the police, who claimed their detentions were prohibitory in character.
A businessman from Colaba complained to the police on Monday that a few youths from Colaba were posting Pakistan's I-Day celebration as their Instagram status, stressing that this may cause inter-communal strife, the ANI reported.
The anti-terrorism squad (ATS) of Colaba police located two teenagers late Monday night and brought them to the police station where they were placed under prohibitory custody in accordance with CrPC 151 (3). This was done as a result of the complaint.
When the police searched the lads' cell phones, they discovered that they had used Pakistan's Independence Day as their stories on Instagram status. Police confiscated their cell phones after taking screenshots from their phones.
A senior official stated that, “From their conduct, manner of speaking and behaviour, it seems that they were doing this with the intention of disturbing the law and order in the country on August 15,”
Pakistan, which came into existence in 1947 following an acrimonious split from India, celebrates the day of its independence from the British on August 14.
(With ANI inputs)
Published By : Piyush Gupta
Published On: 16 August 2023 at 11:02 IST