Ahmedabad: Twitter user booked for derogatory comment against SC/ST, Muslims

Police have booked a case against a Twitter user for allegedly using derogatory words against the scheduled caste community and a religious group.

According to police, an FIR was filed at Vatva GIDC police station on Saturday night against a Twitter handle that goes by the name “Chowkidar Santosh Nihalani” at the behest of a complaint filed by Chhotabhai Rathod (64), a social worker from Ghodasar in Ahmedabad.

“I was checking my feed on my Twitter account on May 27 when I came across this profile that used derogatory language for Dalit community, Chhara community and Muslims. In the guise of making a political comment against an opposition party, the user had used offensive words against many communities,” said Rathod in his complaint.