The student of a Bareilly school was sent to jail by a local court yesterday after being booked under the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology(IT) Act and for breach of peace by the Rampur police.
He was arrested on Monday on a complaint lodged with the police by the minister's PRO Fasahat Ali Khan Shanu. A team of crime branch sleuths was constituted which arrested the youth from his residence.
The youth was produced yesterday in the court of Judicial Magistrate Azad Singh who sent him on remand and the next hearing in the case is scheduled for tomorrow.
In the post, Khan was targeted with a mention of a provocative speech allegedly delivered by him, Hassan said.
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"A quote was posted on Facebook on March 15 that was attributed to the Cabinet Minister(Khan) but it turned out to be fake," Rampur SP Sadhna Goswami said.
At a press conference today, Khan defended the police action.
Shanu said social media should be used to connect, to spread love and to convey your message to others.
"But some people are doing mischief in it. This kind of mischief can turn out to be very costly," he said.