On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]>wrote:
> > http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics/nation/two-persons-arrested-for-facebook-post-on-mumbai-shutdown-after-bal-thackerays-death/articleshow/17277705.cms > > Is a disturbing trend in India. > This is a serious misuse of the IT Act Rules. A different news report (link below) added that some 2000 Sena workers vandalized a clinic belonging to the uncle of the girl who made this FB post. I am sure that the police have taken absolutely no action against the Sena folks. The operating principle here seems to be that "Might is right." The girl who was arrested has no freedom of expression, but the people who ransacked her uncle's clinics have the freedom to get away with murder. Different freedoms for different folks. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2012111920121119043152921e12f57e1/In-Palghar-cops-book-21yearold-for-FB-post.html The duo were booked under Section 295 (a) of the IPC (for hurting religious sentiments) and Section 64 (a) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Though the girl withdrew her comment and apologised, a mob of some 2,000 Shiv Sena workers attacked and ransacked her uncle’s orthopaedic clinic at Palghar.
