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    Clubhouse app chat case: Delhi police arrest man from Lucknow

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    Police said that a team was sent to Lucknow and Rahul Kapoor, who registered himself with the user-ID 'Bismillah' on the app, was apprehended.

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    New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested an 18-year-old man from Lucknow in connection with a chat on the Clubhouse app in which objectionable and abusive comments were passed against women, officials said on Saturday. Police said that a team was sent to Lucknow and Rahul Kapoor, who registered himself with the user-ID 'Bismillah' on the app, was apprehended.
    Kapoor claims that he created an audio chat room on Clubhouse on the instructions of a person, he identified as 'Sallos', Deputy Commissioner of Police KPS Malhotra said.

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    The officer said Kapoor also told the team that he handed over the chat room's moderator key to 'Sallos'.

    The 18-year-old's mobile phone has been seized and he will be joining investigations at Delhi by evening, police said.

    Further details are awaited.
    The Economic Times

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