Man booked for offensive post on social media

Lucknow: A man was booked in Sultanpur on Thursday for posting offensive remarks against a community on social media.
Police said the accused, Pushkar Tiwari, tweeted that had (the Rajput king) Rana Sanga not invited (Mughal ruler) Babur to Delhi the Kashmir problem would have never risen.
Pushkar also added that brothers of Rana Sanga married off their daughters to men from another religion to save the Rajput kingdom.
The FIR was lodged on the complaint of one Basant Singh. Pushkar has been booked for promoting hatred between classes and religious communities. “Pushkar had tweeted on May 17 in response to a post shared by one Virendra Vikram Singh,” Basant Singh stated in his FIR.
Police said that targeting a particular community on social media with malicious and offensive content disturbs communal amity.
SP Sultanpur Vipin Mishra said Pushkar ha been booked under the charges of statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes, religions.
“We will interrogate Pushkar Tiwari to find his intent behind the tweet and whether any group was behind such posts to disturb communal amity,” said SHO, Kotwali, Sandeep Rai.