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Press Trust of India Umaria (MP)
Last Updated : Oct 14 2018 | 5:50 PM IST

A government school teacher was arrested here for allegedly forwarding a "religiously sensitive" post on a WhatsApp group, police said Sunday.

Tilak Raj Singh as arrested on Saturday following a complaint lodged by a district official, who was part of the WhatsApp group, police said.

Assistant Returning Officer and tehsildar Ramesh Parmar said, "Singh, who also worked as a block level officer (BLO) for election duty, forwarded a religiously sensitive post to our WhatsApp group. We immediately lodged a complaint against him on Saturday."

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First Published: Oct 14 2018 | 5:50 PM IST

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