Ghaziabad Youth Arrested After Provocative Speech Goes Viral On Social Media

The advent of social media has given unlimited freedom of speech to people but many people take it for granted and indulge in communal rhetorics. Time and again incidents of hate speeches have gone viral on social media attracting user reactions and police action. One such incident came to light when a youth from Ghaziabad's Rafiqabad made provocative remarks on camera.

The video has since gone viral on social media with netizens tagging the Uttar Pradesh police demanding action. In the video, the youth identifies himself as Ayyan Qureshi and was making provocative remarks against one particular community. The youth went on to say that once there is a favourable government, all will be cleaned.

Taking cognisance of the video, Masuri Police said that the accused has been detained. "Taking immediate cognizance of the viral video on social media, in which objectionable remarks are being made by Ayaan Qureshi against a particular religion, a case is being registered against the accused and the accused is being taken into custody and interrogated. Further legal action is in progress," said the police.

सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल वीडियो जिसमें अयान कुरैशी द्वारा धर्म विशेष के खिलाफ आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी की जा रही है, जिसका तत्काल संज्ञान लेकर आरोपी के खिलाफ अभियोग पंजीकृत किया जा रहा है एवं आरोपी की हिरासत में लेकर पूछताछ की जा रही है । अग्रिम विधिक कार्यवाही प्रचलित है~एसीपी मसूरी। pic.twitter.com/b6FnwLuMZ0 — POLICE COMMISSIONERATE GHAZIABAD (@ghaziabadpolice) November 4, 2023

This is yet another incident of hate speech which has gone viral on social media leading to outrage followed by a polic action.