A youth of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) origin who was held on sedition charges for allegedly posting “anti-India” content on his facebook wall has been sent to jail on judicial remand, a senior police official said here on Friday.
Additional charges of insulting the Tri-colour could be pressed against the youth, police said.
According to the police, the youth identified as Tauseef Ahmad Bhat, who was working with a mobile telecom operator in Durg district was arrested from Sagar Railway Station in Madhya Pradesh.
“He has been booked under IPC’s Section 124 (a) (sedition), for posting anti-India material on facebook,” the SP said while adding “we are examining Bhat’s post and an additional charge of insulting the Tri-colour can be also pressed on him”.
Notably, a group of local youths had lodged a complaint on August 2 that Bhat had shared some anti-India contents and pictures following which police had launched the action.
A native of Sopore in J&K, Bhat had graduated in Engineering from a private college in Bhilai of Durg district and subsequently started working with a mobile telecom operator , police informed.
The Sagar police had arrested Tauseef from Durg-Jammu Tawi Express and he was handed over to Durg police later.