Man arrested for offensive social media post about woman leader

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The Delhi Police has arrested a man for sharing the "offensive content" on social media platform after an Firsf Information Report (FIR) was registered on the basis of complaint of Delhi BJP IT cell co-convener Apurva Singh.

This comes a day after she took to twitter and  expressed her disappointment over police inaction in her case which was lodged in March.

"Is it wrong to be a woman BJP supporter. Then why these Congress, SP and particularly minorities people are making viral my photo with the flag by morphing it with obscene   photo. Dont they have mothers and sisters. Two months have passed since lodging FIR but the photo was not removed nor any action was taken,   Singh tweeted on Sunday.

The FIR  was lodged by Singh on March 19 with the Special Cell of Delhi Police.

Taking to twitter, Anyesh Roy, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Cyber Cell said a case was registered on the complaint of Apurva Singh and all offensive posts made on social medial platforms were removed.

"In Case FIR registered on the complaint of @isinghapurva, all offensive posts made on Twitter and 26 posts made on Facebook have been removed till date through the concerned Platforms. One accused person, Md. Aasim, who had shared the offensive content, has been arrested, he tweeted.

"Other account holders who posted the offensive content are being identified through technical investigation for further legal action," he added.

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