Printed on: Dec 17, 2025 09:26 am IST
Police stated the accused copied unverified content material and pictures from social media, refused to delete the put up and was arrested from Kaushambi.
A 25-year-old man was arrested from Kaushambi in Uttar Pradesh on Monday for allegedly posting faux and provocative content material on social media associated to an interfaith relationship and homicide to harm spiritual sentiments, Gurugram police stated on Tuesday.
The suspect was recognized as Hariom Mishra, alias Shaurya Mishra, a resident of Charwa in Kaushambi, police stated. Police stated Mishra is a legislation graduate and had talked about allegiance to a political celebration on his social media profile, which is but to be verified.
In response to police, Mishra had posted faux and malicious content material on his X deal with, falsely alleging that an inter-faith love affair involving a girl had resulted in her homicide in Gurugram. Investigators stated the content material was geared toward frightening communal sentiments.
Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, stated Mishra instructed interrogators that he had obtained the content material on social media and copied it onto his X profile together with pictures of a pair. “The content material was provocative and was aimed to disrupt the spiritual concord within the society. The pictures of the couple used had been additionally of another person who had no relation with any type of incident. These pictures had been most likely picked up from any social media profile with out their consent,” Turan stated.
Investigators stated the put up went viral and was shared by 1000’s of customers. They added that a number of different social media customers copied the content material and circulated it additional.
After the matter got here to the discover of Gurugram police, officers first traced the suspect and requested him to delete the put up. Senior police officers stated Mishra refused to take away the content material, following which an FIR was registered towards him on the Cybercrime police station (West) on Thursday below Part 66(e) of the Info Expertise Act and Sections 196(1), 197(1) and 353(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
“After the FIR was registered, a police group was despatched to Kaushambi, and Mishra was lastly arrested. His cell phone utilized in posting the content material has additionally been seized,” a senior police official stated.
