Gurgaon Police arrest man for sharing ‘misleading post’ on Nuh violence

According to police, a tweet was allegedly posted from the Twitter handle @mukeshkrd on August 8 which was “baseless, false and misleading”. Kumar was later released on bail.

Meanwhile, Nuh police Saturday said seven people have been arrested from Tauru in connection with the violence and all of them were held for offences including arson.

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A day after Gurgaon Police arrested resident editor of Sudarshan News TV Mukesh Kumar for allegedly “tweeting misleading and false information” in connection with the Nuh violence, they arrested a man, Ritu Raj, who is affiliated with a Hindu outfit, for allegedly sharing Kumar’s post on Facebook.

ACP (Crime) Varun Dahiya said Raj had shared the same post on a different platform. An FIR under IPC sections 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory), 505 (1)(C) (statements with intent to incite) was registered and he has been sent to judicial custody, Dahiya added.

According to police, a tweet was allegedly posted from the Twitter handle @mukeshkrd on August 8 which was “baseless, false and misleading”. Kumar was later released on bail.

Meanwhile, Nuh police Saturday said seven people have been arrested from Tauru in connection with the violence and all of them were held for offences including arson. “These people were not part of the yatra and were locals as the offence was committed at Tauru,” police said.

Nuh police also arrested a man who was allegedly carrying cattle near Mahu village on the Delhi-Mumbai expressway.

According to police, “Around 3 pm on Saturday, Taufeeq, a cattle smuggler, opened fire at the traffic police and in the retaliatory firing, he was shot. The accused is a resident of Utawad in Palwal district and has been admitted to the Nalhar Medical College.”

Police said 21 stolen cattle being transported were rescued during the raid.

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