The Uttar Pradesh Police have booked Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari for a map showing the Union Territories of Jammu an...
The Uttar Pradesh Police have booked Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari for a map showing the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate from India, NDTV reported.
The map, which appeared on the career section of the Twitter website under the header “Tweep Life”, was removed on Monday night after outrage on social media.
A first information report was filed after a complaint by Hindutva group Bajrang Dal leader Praveen Bhati in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district. Amrita Tripathi, the head of news partnerships, Twitter India, has also been booked in the case filed under Section 505 (2) of the Indian Penal Code (creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) and Section 74 of IT (Amendment) Act 2008.
“This act of treason has been committed intentionally and action should be taken,” the complaint said.
Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari and India head Amrita Tripathi booked for allegedly showing wrong map of India on its website. FIR was lodged on the complaint of Bajrang Dal leader Praveen Bhati at Khurja PS in Bulandshahar. pic.twitter.com/QUz4svRReC
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This is the second FIR against Twitter amid a dispute between the social media giant and the Bharatiya Janata Party government on compliance with new information technology rules.
Last week, the Uttar Pradesh Police had asked...
