General Bipin Rawat’s death: At least eight arrested, two booked for social media posts

At least eight people have been arrested, two booked and one suspended from a government job across the country for their social media posts on the death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, reported The Indian Express.

Action against such posts has been taken in Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others had died on Wednesday in the helicopter crash in the Katteri-Nanchappanchathram area of Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor district. The helicopter took off from the Sulur air base in Tamil Nadu and was on its way to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, nearly three kilometres north of Coonoor.

Rawat and his wife were cremated at the Brar Square crematorium in Delhi on Friday.

Rajasthan

The maximum number of arrests were reported from Rajasthan – the first one hours after the crash and two more on Saturday.

On Saturday, the Pratapgarh police arrested 28-year-old Manish Kumar Meena and 25-year-old Jeevanlal Ninama for allegedly posting “offensive” content on the crash.

In a statement, the police said the remarks made by arrested people had “hurt public sentiments”.

On Wednesday, the police arrested 21-year-old Jawaad Khan in Tonk district for his alleged “inappropriate” remarks on Instagram about General Rawat. A police constable, in a complaint,…

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