Lucknow, Sep 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four people have been booked for allegedly spreading hatred between the Sunni and Shia sects by posting objectionable comments on social media, police said on Friday.
An FIR has been registered against them at the Chowk police station under relevant sections of the IPC and IT Act, said the police.
The complaint was lodged by sub-inspector Devendra Singh, who was out on patrol duty near Patanala locality in Old City.
"I saw a Sunni maulvi, Alim Farooqui, speaking to some people about a message he got in his Facebook inbox. He was complaining about a post from Firoz Haider, Suja Rizvi and Mazahir Hussain and Abbas Zuhair against Sunni clerics," the police official stated in his FIR.
The maulvi said Sunni believers on his friend list raised an objection to the social media post, added Singh.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz