Dalit Scholar Kamal Bharti was arrested after making allegedly derogatory remarks against Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan in a Facebook post about suspended bureaucrat Durga Shakti Nagpal, reported the PTI.
Bharti had posted that Nagpal was arrested for ordering the demolition of a mosque wall, but when a Madarsa in the state was abolished no action was taken against the officials who were deputed to execute the demolition. He had reportedly added: “It is the ‘will and wish’ of the Urban Development minister Azam Khan which prevails and not the law of the land”.
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After the public outrage during the Palghar girls incident, UPA govt had issued guidelines supposedly to prevent this happening again :
[url]http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/11/29/india-tightens-rules-on-hate-speech-law/[/url]
Isn't this surprising that it happened again ?
Does the above guideline have any effect then ?
Also why is the PTI report silent on the section number under IT Act which was used for this arrest ?
Something fishy ?