Bareilly: A man who threatened to behead former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was arrested here on Thursday. The arrest was made hours after a video of the accused, in which he can be heard threatening to behead Sharma, was shared on various social media platforms.
Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Agrawal said, “We have arrested Nasir Hussain for making online threats and inciting communal tension. The accused has been arrested from his house in Kaswan area of Faridpur police station area.”
A case has been registered against the accused under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the IT Act in the FIR registered at the Faridpur police station.
Days after the arrest, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the police to adopt a zero-tolerance policy against any activity or remark intended to incite communal tension.
Man arrested in UP for threatening to behead Nupur Sharma
Bareilly: A man who threatened to behead former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was arrested here on Thursday. The arrest was made hours after a video of the accused, in which he can be heard threatening to behead Sharma, was shared on various social media platforms.
Superintendent of Police Rajkumar Agrawal said, “We have arrested Nasir Hussain for making online threats and inciting communal tension. The accused has been arrested from his house in Kaswan area of Faridpur police station area.”
A case has been registered against the accused under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the IT Act in the FIR registered at the Faridpur police station.
Days after the arrest, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the police to adopt a zero-tolerance policy against any activity or remark intended to incite communal tension.
Sharma is being criticized After his controversial statement on Prophet Muhammad during a news debate.