Bareilly, Jan 18 (PTI) A mosque cleric was arrested on Saturday in connection with a social media post that was allegedly aimed at fanning religious sentiments, police said.
According to police, the post was made on Facebook and targeted the Hindu community in an area under the Mirganj Police Station.
Investigation revealed the post was made by Imam Sharif Ahmed, who was booked on charge of religious strife, Additional Superintendent of Police Mukesh Chandra Mishra said.
Sharif Ahmed is working as an Imam at Moni Miya Mosque in Mirganj.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)













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