Shubhadeep Choudhury
Tribune News Service
Kolkata, May 11
The BJP today alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal was cracking down on its activists for harmless posts on the social media.
Debjit Sarkar, West Bengal unit Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) president and BJP candidate from Serampore LS constituency, said Priyanka Sharma, a young BJYM functionary from Howrah, and Amanish Iyer, an RSS office-bearer, have been arrested and sent to judicial custody for 14 days each for what they posted on their respective Facebook pages.
Sharma was arrested yesterday for posting a morphed image of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on her Facebook page. The image, which now cannot be seen on Priyanka’s timeline, showed Mamata’s face superimposed over Priyanka Chopra’s recent Met Gala attire.
A complaint was filed against Sharma by TMC leader Vibhas Hazra. “She has not only insulted our CM, but the culture of Bengal also by her post, which is a cyber crime.”
According to Sarkar, Iyer had posted some photos of Serampore Trinamool Congress candidate Kalyan Banerjee with some women. “Iyer has been booked under charges related to obscenity even though there is nothing obscene about these photographs,” Sarkar said.
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/30dGT9Z
via Today’s News Headlines
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