Avinash Das/Facebook A filmmaker has been imprisoned for tweeting a photograph that showed India’s home minister with the official accused associated with corruption.
Avinash Das had distributed the photo associated with Amit Shah with Pooja Singhal, who has been arrested inside a corruption case.
Ms Singhal was arrested in May in a case of money washing. She denies the allegations against her.
Das is the 2nd high-profile person to become arrested in current weeks over a social networking post.
Last month, police arrested journalist plus fact-checker Mohammed Zubair for any tweet posted within 2018.
Police in the western state associated with Gujarat had filed a complaint towards Mr Das within June, saying his post aimed to mislead people and tarnish Mr Shah’s image. The police furthermore filed a separate situation against Mr Das for sharing a photograph of a woman putting on the national flag on his Facebook plus Instagram pages. Indian law doesn’t permit the national flag to be used as garments.
On Monday, he or she was arrested within Mumbai city.
To avoid arrest, the filmmaker approached the high courtroom in Gujarat in June to get pre-arrest bail, but his plea was turned down. He has now approached the Supreme Court which will hear his petition on Fri.
Mr Dieses is best known for directing Bollywood film Anaarkali of Aarah this year and the 2022 Netflix series She.
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