Prashant Kanojia, 26, was detained by plainclothes police last week after a tweet about a woman claiming to be in love with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Kanojia's wife said in a petition filed before the Supreme Court. "We order immediate release of the petitioner from jail," Justice Indira Banerjee said in her order, despite a lawyer for the state government arguing that Kanojia's post was highly inflammatory. Banerjee also reprimanded the state government for being heavy-handed in its response to Kanojia's post. Banerjee also reprimanded the state government for being heavy-handed in its response to Kanojia's post. Police in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, a political stronghold of Adityanath, arrested one person on Sunday for sharing another social media post on the chief minister, two police said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 11, 2019 09:55 UTC