While this week begins with Narendra Modi being sworn in as the Prime Minister of India, the preceding weekend have witnessed two incidents of arrest: 1. In Bangalore, a 24 year old MBA student has been arrested and booked under "Section 505 of the IPC for issuing statements amounting to public mischief with intent to cause fear or alarm" and Section 66 A of IT Act, The Times of India reported. The complaint was filed by Jayant Tinaikar in Belgaum, who had received an offensive message on Whatapp on May 16, which was eventually sourced to Sayed Waqar, who was arrested. The Whatsapp message, according to Bangalore Mirror, showed the final rites of Modi being performed, attended by L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Baba Ramdev, Maneka Gandhi and Varun Gandhi, with the caption "Na Jeet Paye Jhooton Ka Sardar — Ab Ki Baar Antim Sanskar (A false leader will never win, this time it's final rites)." 2. Devu Chodankar, a shipbuilding diploma holder working in Mumbai, was arrested for posting on the Goa+ Facebook Group, that if elected to power, Modi would unleash a 'holocaust', reports FirstPost. This post was deleted subsequently, but an FIR filed by former CII Goa Chairman Atul Pai Kane with the Cybercrime Cell, under sections sections 153(A), 295(A) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 125 of the People's Representation Act, and Section 66-A of the IT Act. A court in Goa has denied Chodankar anticipatory bail, as per the Times of India. Our Take…
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