Man booked for sedition over WhatsApp messages
Chennai:
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The Chennai police registered a sedition case against a man, who is the admin of a WhatsApp group, for forwarding and receiving messages that could incite hatred among communities.The man was released on bail immediately after he was produced before a magistrate court at Alandur.
The airport police arrested Tadikala Saleem, 36, of Ka dapa in Andhra Pradesh, based on the complaint of an inspector attached to the customs air intelligence at the Chennai airport.
Saleem had come to the Chennai airport's international terminal to receive his friend who had landed in the city from a country in the Middle East. But customs air intelligence officials detained his friend for carrying excess gold in his luggage. During inquiries, the man told officials that Sale em waiting outside. Soon, the officials rounded up Saleem.
Customs officials snatched his mobile and checked his WhatsApp messages. They came across text and voice messages “inviting youngsters to gather at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for a flash protest“, said an official.
A message had a photograph of a woman stamping on the Quran.
Police booked a case under Section 124 (A) of the IPC.
The airport police arrested Tadikala Saleem, 36, of Ka dapa in Andhra Pradesh, based on the complaint of an inspector attached to the customs air intelligence at the Chennai airport.
Saleem had come to the Chennai airport's international terminal to receive his friend who had landed in the city from a country in the Middle East. But customs air intelligence officials detained his friend for carrying excess gold in his luggage. During inquiries, the man told officials that Sale em waiting outside. Soon, the officials rounded up Saleem.
Customs officials snatched his mobile and checked his WhatsApp messages. They came across text and voice messages “inviting youngsters to gather at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for a flash protest“, said an official.
A message had a photograph of a woman stamping on the Quran.
Police booked a case under Section 124 (A) of the IPC.
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