In yet another social media crackdown, the UP police have booked a 27 year old man named Jishaan for allegedly posting an objectionable video against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a religious community on his social networking page. A case under sections 153A and 504 has been filed by the cops.
A resident of Afzalgarh, UP, Jishaan has been charged for trying to incite tension in the society. The police took the action after the video became popular, with many people watching it in the last 4, 5 days. Jishaan has been living in Kuwait for the last 5 years and he came back to India ten months ago to get married.
The IPC Section 504 deals with intentional insult to provoke or breach of peace, while Section 153A is used in the cases against those spreading communal disharmony and feelings of hatred, enmity or ill-will between two religious, racial, regional or language groups.