Demonetisation critic arrested

IN Media Watch Briefs | 29/11/2016

The cyber cell of the MP police arrested Abhishek Mishra, a 19-year-old engineering student, for his tweets criticising demonetisation and allegedly because he had made “offensive” posts against chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Hindustan Times reports that he was arrested on November 12 (the police managed to keep the news a secret for a time) under Section 469 of Indian Penal Code and Section 66C of the Information Technology Act, 2000. His laptop and mobile phone were seized and the controversial tweets deleted. Though Mishra is out on bail now, the news augurs ill for all those who are lambasting the government on social media for its ham-handed demonetisation move.

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