After the arrest of Manish Jagan Agarwal, who runs the Twitter handle of the Samajwadi Party, the anger of the SP workers erupted. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav himself reached the police headquarters with SP workers. Meanwhile, Lucknow Police has registered an FIR against BJP Yuva Morcha’s social media head Richa Rajput. In SP’s complaint, Richa Rajput has been accused of making derogatory remarks against SP MP Dimple Yadav in a tweet.
Earlier, the Lucknow police had arrested Manish Jagan Agarwal, who runs the SP’s Twitter handle. Lucknow Police Commissioner SP Shirdkar said in this regard that social media handle of a political party was making indecent remarks against journalists and BJP spokespersons and their family members. Several FIRs were registered in this regard. Electronic evidence was submitted and Manish Jagan Agarwal was arrested today.
He further informed that today (January 8) a complaint was given against Richa Rajput on behalf of SP, in which FIR has been registered. Arrest will be made after investigation.
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