The Kerala Police on Tuesday arrested a Muslim youth from the State’s Malappuram district for posting a comment in Facebook insulting the supreme sacrifice of Pathankot martyr lt Col Niranjan Kumar.
The Chevayur police in Kozhikode took Anwar (24) of Varikkodan House of Chammankadavu in Malappuram district into custody from his house by 2.30 am on Tuesday. His arrest was recorded later after it was confirmed that he himself had posted the Facebook comment.
A case was registered charging him with anti-national activity. Anwar, an employee at a ration shop at Kodoor, Malappuram, admitted that he himself had made the FB comment but pleaded that he did not do it deliberately. He also told the police that he had no connection with any organization but the police were preparing for further probe.
Anwar had posted the comment on Facebook claiming that he was an employee with a Malayalam newspaper run by a Muslim organization. He was arrested on the basis of a complaint from the newspaper’s management.