Police arrested a youth in Umarkote town of Nabarangpur district for allegedly circulating derogatory messages through WhatsApp against a particular religion. The arrested youth was identified as Deepak Das of Panaka Sahi in the town.
Deepak created a WhatsApp group in the name of Bhim Army and was circulating objectionable messages on Hindu deities for past few weeks.
A person lodged a complaint with the Umerkote police after he saw the messages. But before the police could nab him , ehe absconded.
However, acting on a tipoff, police on Thursday night raided a place and arrested Deepak and forwarded him to court on Friday. The court rejected his his bail plea and sent him to judicial custody.
A case has been registered at the Umerkote police station under Sections 341, 294, 506 and 295(a) of the CrPC.