Arrest of a student over a Facebook post criticizing a politician

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Police justifies arresting class 11 student for allegedly attributing 'objectionable' Facebook post to UP minister Azam Khan | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

A class 11 student from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh was arrested and sent to prison by Rampur police following a complaint filed by Samajwadi leader Azam Khan's aide Fasahat Ali Khan, say reports.

Fasahat Ali claims that the boy had put up a post offending a particular community and attributed it to Azam Khan. Fashat Ali said “the boy made controversial allegations, It is conspiracy to make Hindu and Muslim to fight with each other.”

Reports say that the police flouted rules while arresting the boy. The student was first picked up on Monday evening and kept in a police lock-up at Ganj Kotwali police station. He was produced before the magistrate of Tuesday where the court ordered him to be sent to judicial remand for 14 days, the report added. The age of the boy is yet to be confirmed.
 
Calm down. And stop over interpreting my use of facepalm. It was for the sorry state of affairs that parents had to bend to the stupid politics in this country.
 
Isn't sharing concerns over social sites isolated with the personal world??.with respect to legal issues ??
 
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