A 42-year-old man from Odisha was arrested for alleged hate messages on social media (Representational)
Police have arrested a 42-year-old man from Odisha's Cuttack district for allegedly posting hate messages against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.
The accused, who belongs to Kusumbi village, was arrested by an Uttar Pradesh Police team on Thursday.
He has been booked under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Section 124A (Sedition), the police said.
"The Uttar Pradesh Police had sought the help of the local police in Cuttack. Our personnel extended necessary cooperation to the team to nab the accused," Superintendent of Police, Cuttack (Sadar), Jugal Kishore Banoth, told news agency Press Trust of India.
A case had been registered against the man at Singhabali police station in the northern state.
The UP Police team plans to take the man, who runs a small business in Salipur in Odisha, on transit remand, they added.
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