<p>A 23-year-old boy, haling from Tripura’s Khowai district, was arrested from Mysuru in Karnataka on Saturday, on sedition charge for allegedly uploading an anti-national video on the Facebook, post-Pulwama incident.</p>.<p>A statement from the BJP-led state government said Pramesh Debabarma was arrested after a case was registered at the Champahour police station in Khowai district under Section 124 (A) and 120 (B) IPC.</p>.<p>“He had uploaded a video clip on Facebook soon after the Pulwama incident in Kashmir on February 14. The contents of the video echoed anti-India sentiments and amounted to sedition. The matter was verified by Champahour police station and a suo motu complaint was registered.</p>.<p>During the investigation, it was found that the accused person was working in Mysuru for quite some time. With the approval of DGP, Tripura, a team of Khowai district police was deputed to Mysuru and he was arrested from a hotel on Saturday afternoon,” the statement said.</p>.<p>The statement, however, did not divulge the content of the video. “During preliminary interrogation, the accused confessed to have committed the crime,” it claimed. He was produced before a court in Mysuru with a prayer for transit remand for bringing him to Khowai, Tripura.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Assam police have also arrested at least 15 youths for allegedly posting “anti-national” posts in social media since the Pulwama incident. At least 19 cases have been registered so far, cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Friday.</p>
<p>A 23-year-old boy, haling from Tripura’s Khowai district, was arrested from Mysuru in Karnataka on Saturday, on sedition charge for allegedly uploading an anti-national video on the Facebook, post-Pulwama incident.</p>.<p>A statement from the BJP-led state government said Pramesh Debabarma was arrested after a case was registered at the Champahour police station in Khowai district under Section 124 (A) and 120 (B) IPC.</p>.<p>“He had uploaded a video clip on Facebook soon after the Pulwama incident in Kashmir on February 14. The contents of the video echoed anti-India sentiments and amounted to sedition. The matter was verified by Champahour police station and a suo motu complaint was registered.</p>.<p>During the investigation, it was found that the accused person was working in Mysuru for quite some time. With the approval of DGP, Tripura, a team of Khowai district police was deputed to Mysuru and he was arrested from a hotel on Saturday afternoon,” the statement said.</p>.<p>The statement, however, did not divulge the content of the video. “During preliminary interrogation, the accused confessed to have committed the crime,” it claimed. He was produced before a court in Mysuru with a prayer for transit remand for bringing him to Khowai, Tripura.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Assam police have also arrested at least 15 youths for allegedly posting “anti-national” posts in social media since the Pulwama incident. At least 19 cases have been registered so far, cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Friday.</p>