Ajaz Khan arrested for ‘objectionable’ social media post

‘Bigg Boss 7’ contestant and actor Ajaz Khan was arrested on Saturday for uploading and objectionable Facebook post. Ajaz was called at the Khar police station in regards to his comment made during a Facebook live session and later he was placed under arrest.

According to a report by Hindustan Times, an officer at the Khar police station said that Ajaz made objectionable comments in a Facebook live session following which he was called to the police station on April 18 for an inquiry and was later arrested.

Gajanan Kabdule, senior police inspector at Khar police station confirmed the news saying, “The accused has posted an objectionable post on Facebook and Twitter and we have arrested him. Investigations are currently on.” The report also quoted advocate Adil Khatri, “The police have applied very serious sections on him, which are baseless. They applied section 121 Indian Penal Code which is a very serious section and in this, the accused may be punished with life imprisonment.”

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Khan has been booked under sections 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups), 121 (Waging, or attempting to wage war, or abetting waging of war, against the Government of India), 117 (Abetting commission of offence by the public or by more than ten persons) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code.

Khan was also arrested in July last year for posting objectionable videos that could allegedly have caused enmity among communities. In October 2018, he was also held for allegedly possessing banned drug.

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