Teacher arrested for forwarding 'religiously sensitive' post on WhatsApp

A government school teacher was arrested here for allegedly forwarding a "religiously sensitive" post on a WhatsApp group, police said Sunday. Tilak Raj Singh as arrested on Saturday following a complaint lodged by a district official, who was part of the WhatsApp group, police said.

Assistant Returning Officer and tehsildar Ramesh Parmar said, "Singh, who also worked as a block level officer (BLO) for election duty, forwarded a religiously sensitive post to our WhatsApp group. We immediately lodged a complaint against him on Saturday." The teacher was posted at Bansa village under Manpur police station, he said.

Superintendent of Police (SP) R D Prajapati said Singh was arrested following a complaint lodged by the tehsildar.

"The complaint said that the teacher forwarded an outrageous message in their WhatsApp group. After a probe, Singh was arrested under relevant IPC sections," he said.