Advocate booked for objectionable posts on Facebook

Varanasi: Police have booked an advocate for posting objectionable messages on Facebook.

In a complaint to the police, a lawyer at the Allahabad high court Saurabh Tiwari alleged that Mehmood Neyaz, an advocate, posted objectionable messages insulting the country.

“Neyaz, a law graduate from BHU, has posted messages on Facebook insulting the nation. When he found that he might land in trouble, he deleted his account. However, I had taken the screenshots of the messages and have handed it to the police,” Saurabh Tiwari said.

Inspector, Dashashmedh police station, Siddharth Mishra said an

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had been lodged under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act and the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.