<p>A 24-year-old man was today arrested in Malappuram district for allegedly making unsavoury remarks on social media against Lt Colonel E K Niranjan, who was killed while defusing a grenade during the terror attack at Pathankot IAF base.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The man, identified as Anwar Sadhik, was arrested under IPC 124 (A) (sedition).<br />Police said Sadhik, posing himself as a journalist attached to a regional daily, allegedly made derogatory remarks against Niranjan and his family in his Facebook post.<br /><br />He was arrested based on a complaint by the management of the regional daily, whose name he used in the post.<br /><br />A casual labourer at a local shop was arrested from his house at Chemmankadavu in Malappuram district in the wee hours today, police said.</p>
<p>A 24-year-old man was today arrested in Malappuram district for allegedly making unsavoury remarks on social media against Lt Colonel E K Niranjan, who was killed while defusing a grenade during the terror attack at Pathankot IAF base.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The man, identified as Anwar Sadhik, was arrested under IPC 124 (A) (sedition).<br />Police said Sadhik, posing himself as a journalist attached to a regional daily, allegedly made derogatory remarks against Niranjan and his family in his Facebook post.<br /><br />He was arrested based on a complaint by the management of the regional daily, whose name he used in the post.<br /><br />A casual labourer at a local shop was arrested from his house at Chemmankadavu in Malappuram district in the wee hours today, police said.</p>