The Uttar Pradesh police yesterday arrested Manish Jagan Agrawal, a Samajwadi Party leader, following a complaint filed by Richa Rajput, head of social media for the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha – the BJP’s youth wing. Agrawal is alleged to be the person behind “offensive” tweets posted by his party’s media cell on Twitter.
In her complaint, Rajput alleged she had been “threatened with rape and subjected to character assassination” and that she “feared for her life”, Indian Express reported. It should be noted that an FIR was also lodged against Rajput on the same day for “using objectionable language” against an SP MP.
