A youth was arrested from a village in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district for allegedly posting objectionable comments against ulemas on WhatsApp, police said today.
An ulema is a body of Muslim scholars who have specialised knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology.
A case was registered against the accused, who was arrested yesterday from Chandsina village in Khatauli area of the district, for hurting religious sentiments, a police official said.
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