Youth held for posting Modi s minute-to-minute programme

Varanasi March 14 (IANS) A young man has been arrested here for posting on Facebook the minute-to-minute programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi s visit to his parliamentary constituency an official said on Wednesday.

Anup Pandey was arrested after the Special Protection Group (SPG) which guards the Prime Minister lodged a complaint with the Uttar Pradesh government.

The SPG protested against the leak of the detailed programme which eventually found way to the social media.

Pandey s father is a retired Ayurvedic government practitioner and his family told the police that he worked for the Prime Minister s social media team two years back but returned to Varanasi due to poor health.

Pandey is one of the 1 932 people followed by Modi on Twitter. Pandey has posted a picture shaking hands with Modi on July 2 2015.

--IANS
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