The Haryana Police on Wednesday arrested Congress leader Pankaj Punia for using derogatory language against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
A case has been registered against the Congress leader under section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 505 (2)( statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of IT act.
The arrest came a day after multiple FIRs was filed against Pankaj Punia for his abusive tweets.
The tweet in Hindi read “The Congress only wanted to do was help the migrant workers to reach their home and pay for them. But the Bisht (Yogi Adityanath’s name before he took up Sanyas) government started engaging in politics. Such lowly acts are only done by saffron-clad sanghis”
The tweet added that ‘Sanghis’ rape dead bodies and masturbate naked before their daughters while chanting Jai Shri Ram.
Later, Pankaj Punia deleted the tweet and said that “he did not want to hurt sentiments, and his allegation was regarding the ‘incident’ in Gargi College.”
However, Pankaj Punia went on a retweeting spree. He shared tweets that were in support of him that said he stated nothing wrong and the allegations are absolutely correct.