A youth from Peroorkada was arrested on Wednesday by the police on charges of showing disrespect to the national flag and the national anthem.
The police said Salman, 25, and his six friends, including two women, had showed disrespect to the national anthem while it was being played inside a movie theatre in the city on August 18. A few others who saw the group remaining seated and making catcalls when the anthem was being played lodged a complaint with the police. Some of the complainants knew Salman. In the complaint, they mentioned about his posts on Facebook in which he allegedly had posted remarks on Independence Day, which were chargeable under the Prevention of Insult to National Honour Act and Section 124 (A) of the IPC.
Y. Kamaruddin, Circle Inspector, Thampanoor, said the police were on the lookout for the six persons who accompanied him in the cinema and a few others who shared his post. Salman was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga along with thousands of Indians on Rajpath, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, June 21, 2015. Millions of yoga enthusiasts are bending their bodies in complex postures across India as they take part in a mass yoga program to mark the first International Yoga Day.
The lodging of a police complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly ‘insulting’ the national flag during the International Day of Yoga celebrations created ripples in the Union Territory on Monday. The ‘news’ made rounds on Whats App even as the nation was buoyant with the successful celebration of Yoga Day.
V Sundar, a resident of Nellithope, approached the Orleanpet Police with a complaint against Modi stating that he had insulted the national flag. But police refused to hear him initially. On persisting, they issued him an acknowledgement receipt.
Asked what prompted the complaint, Sundar, general secretary of Dalit Sena and administrator of Whats App group Puducherry Poraligal Kuzhu, said he received a message on Monday showing “Prime Minister wiping his face with the national flag” during the Yoga Day celebrations in New Delhi.
Following this, he approached Orleanpet police at 3 pm and lodged a complaint as he felt Modi had insulted the national flag. Sundar said he gave the complaint to inspector Viravallabane. At 3.50 pm, an acknowledgment receipt was issued by the in-charge of the police station, he added.
When contacted, Senior Superintendent of Police (Law and Order) V J Chandran, told Express that he would enquire and confirm the veracity of the complaint.
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