3 arrested for creating WhatsApp group to hurt religious sentiments

Police arrested three persons here for creating a WhatsApp group to hurt the religious sentiment of a particular community on social media, an officer said.

Shastrinagar area of Jamshedpur witnessed a clash between two groups on Sunday over the reported desecration of a religious flag.

The police with the help of its technical cell detected that some people have created a WhatsApp group and conspiring to hurt the religious sentiment of a particular religion on Wednesday night, said Officer-in-Charge of Bistupur police station Anjani Kumar on Thursday.