August 16, 2023 07:09 pm | Updated 07:10 pm IST - Mumbai:Two teenagers were arrested on Wednesday by the Mumbai police for posting a video clip of Pakistan’s Independence Day celebration as their status on a social networking platform, an official said. The two 19-years-old college students from Colaba were placed under prohibitory arrest for posting a video of Pakistan’s flag on its Independence day on August 14 as their status on Instagram. This was brought to the notice of the Colaba police station by a 26-year-old businessman who saw the status of the duo and filed a complaint. An official from the Colaba police station said the arrest was made under Section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offences) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The police and the ATS questioned the boys on the video and removed it from their mobile phones and seized the phones.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2023 15:28 UTC