Picture for representational purpose Picture for representational purposeA man was arrested in New Delhi on Thursday in connection with the Basirhat communal violence in July. Police said the IP address from which the “offensive” Facebook post that triggered the clashes was uploaded, matched that of his phone. Earlier, police had detained a 17-year-old Class XI student from whose Facebook account the “objectionable” post was allegedly uploaded. May be out of anger, Pal uploaded the post from the boy’s account. The student has been claiming since the beginning that he had not uploaded the post and that his account was hacked.

Source: Indian Express August 12, 2017 19:52 UTC