This Article is From Feb 23, 2019

Bengal Engineer Threatened For Condemning War On Social Media: Police

Dipayan Dhar, a civil engineer was threatened by a group of people for saying "there should be no war on social media".

Bengal Engineer Threatened For Condemning War On Social Media: Police

Police said they have assured the man of safety. (Representational)

Kolkata:

An engineer posted in West Bengal's Paschim Medinipur district was threatened for a social media post condemning war, police said on Friday.

"Dipayan Dhar, a civil engineer was threatened by a group of people on Wednesday in Amtala area," a police officer said.

He said that the engineer wrote that there 'should be no war' and he vouched for peace.

"Senior police officers met him in person and assured him of safety. An investigation is going on as the accused have not been identified yet," the police official added.

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