 "Journalist arrested for hurting religious sentiments in Rajasthan")
A journalist with a vernacular daily here has been arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a particular community and threatening to disrupt communal harmony by publishing "incorrect" news about a religious flag atop a house in Dausa district.
The news article claimed that it was a Pakistani flag which triggered resentment among the community members in the district, police said, adding it was a religious flag.
An FIR was registered against journalist Bhuvnesh Yadav and three others based on a complaint filed by one Abdul Khalil for "promoting enmity through incorrect news published on Thursday", they said.
Yadav was arrested last night under sections 153-A (promoting enmity among different groups on ground of religion etc) and 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feeling of any class by insulting its religion or religious belief) of the IPC, they said.
The news article claimed that it was a Pakistani flag which triggered resentment among the community members in the district, police said, adding it was a religious flag.
An FIR was registered against journalist Bhuvnesh Yadav and three others based on a complaint filed by one Abdul Khalil for "promoting enmity through incorrect news published on Thursday", they said.
Yadav was arrested last night under sections 153-A (promoting enmity among different groups on ground of religion etc) and 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feeling of any class by insulting its religion or religious belief) of the IPC, they said.