2 held for circulating inflammatory posts on WhatsApp in UP

Lucknow Feb 6 (IANS) Two persons circulating inflammatory videos and communal messages on social media were arrested in Uttar Pradesh s Kasganj district on Tuesday police said.

Identified as Ram Singh and Ajay Gupta one of them is the admin of a WhatsApp group on which inflammatory posts were being circulated in an apparent bid to whip up communal passions a police official informed.

The WhatsApp group named Nakshatra Computers has been deleted and a case lodged against the duo.

Kasganj was singed with communal clashes and violence in the aftermath of a Tiranga Yatra brought out by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad -- the student body affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh -- on Republic Day leaving one youth dead and many injured.

Police officials said the duo was using the social media and a WhatsApp group created after the initial violence to spew vitriol against a community and was spreading rumours.

--IANS
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