Hyderabad: Man held for morphing Akbaruddin Owaisi’s pic

HYDERABAD: Dabeerpura police arrested a social activist, Syed Saleem, for hurting religious sentiments of people for allegedly putting up an offensive post on social media by morphing All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi’s photo.
On Tuesday night, Mehraj Dildar Khan, a businessman from Chanchalguda, lodged a complaint against Saleem accusing him of posting a morphed photo of Akbaruddin and making remarks that hurt religious sentiments of a particular sect.
“Based on the complaint, we registered a case against Saleem and arrested him on Wednesday, inspector N Satyanarayana said.
Meanwhile, it may be remembered here that the cybercrime police booked a case on Tuesday, against a person on charges of morphing and circulating the image of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi meeting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat.