Youth arrested for uploading morphed photo of Yogi Adityanath on Facebook

The Pant Nagar Police on Sunday arrested a 22-year-old youth for allegedly morphing and posting a derogatory photo of a Maratha warrior with one of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, which hurt the sentiments of a particular class.

According to the police, the incident came to light when the accused (name withheld), a resident of Ghatkopar, uploaded a morphed photo of a warrior on his Facebook profile that immediately went viral. The photo was spotted by his friends and people who lives in his area who objected to it. 

On Sunday, few locals of his area approached the police station seeking action against the accused as the photo had hurt their sentiments and filed a complaint against him. After verifying the claim, the police arrested the accused from his house on Sunday evening.

"The accused has been arrested and we have seized his mobile phone for the investigation," said Praful Phadke, Senior Police Inspector of Pant Nagar Police Station.

A case under section 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) of the Indian Penal Code.