A Samajwadi Party leader was arrested on Sunday for allegedly making derogatory remarks on social media following a complaint by an office-bearer of the BJP’s youth wing that she had been threatened with rape and murder.

The complainant was also booked by police after the SP alleged that she had made objectionable remarks against its MP Dimple Yadav.

Soon after the arrest of Manish Jagan Agarwal, who is associated with the SP’s social media cell, party chief Akhilesh Yadav and supporters protested at the Uttar Pradesh police headquarters here and demanded his release.

The Opposition party also sought action against the complainant, who is with the social media wing of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM).

She was booked by the police on Sunday for alleged derogatory remarks against Dimple Yadav, Mainpuri MP and wife of the SP president.

The complainant had said: “Responsible Samajwadi Party office bearers have threatened that I will be raped. They have also threatened to kill me. They have also made indecent and vulgar remarks against me.”

Kathua adult charges

Jammu: Shubam Sangra, declared an adult by the Supreme Court, has been formally charge-sheeted by Jammu and Kashmir police’s crime branch in the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua in 2018.

The chargesheet was committed to the sessions court in Kathua, which has fixed January 24 as the next date of hearing.

PTI