Jammu and Kashmir police today arrested social activist Waqar H Bhatti for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with his ‘shivling’ tweet which caused social media outrage.
Following his tweet, which was later deleted, netizens demanded his immediate arrest.
“FIR was registered following his tweet, which hurt religious sentiments,” a senior police officer said.
Bhatti was later arrested, he said.
Facing a backlash on social media, Bhatti had sought to clarify his tweet with another tweet saying, “I did not target any religion and why should I target when the matter is in court.” A few days ago, Delhi University Associate Professor Ratan Lal was arrested for his alleged objectionable social media post on claims of a ‘Shivling’ at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi.
He was granted bail a day later.
