Ahmedabad: Amreli man held for objectionable Facebook post on CDS General Bipin Rawat

AHMEDABAD: City police on Thursday arrested a man from Amreli for his objectionable Facebook post on Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat after his death in a chopper crash on Wednesday.
The city police officers said that they have come across numerous sensitive posts made by the accused Shiva Ahir, 44, a resident of Bherai village in Amreli district. Ahir was arrested on Thursday.
Cops said that Ahir, who was deputy sarpanch of Bherai village from 2010 to 2014, had put objectionable posts on his social media account in the past too.
“On Wednesday evening after the news of the demise of General Bipin Rawat was confirmed, Ahir posted defamatory and objectionable posts against him and also against former defence minister late Manohar Parrikar. Ahir, who is known for gathering cheap publicity with such posts, also made an objectionable mention of national security advisor Ajit Doval,” said a police officer.
General Bipin Rawat, wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others died when an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter crashed in Katteri-Nanchappanchathram area near Coonoor in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.
A statement by the city police said that Ahir had also made objectionable posts about Hindu Gods and tried to incite sentiments of Hindu community in the past.
Apart from that, he used to make objectionable posts about various leaders and public figures and thus made attempts to breach the peace and harmony of the society and also tried to instil hatred amongst communities.
During primary questioning, Ahir said that he wanted to contest the election of sarpanch for which he wanted some publicity. So, he began putting up objectionable posts on social media.
Cybercrime police booked Ahir under the charges of IPC sections for promoting disharmony or enmity between two communities, for deliberate and malicious intentions of outraging the religious feelings of any class and for writing which causes fear or alarm among a group along with the charges of the Information Technology Act.