Ready to appear before UP police if no arrest guaranteed, Twitter India MD tells court

NEW DELHI: Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari on Tuesday agreed to appear in person before the Uttar Pradesh police, if they guarantee no arrest.

Maheshwari was recently summoned by Ghaziabad police in UP in a probe into an objectionable video posted in connection with an assault on an elderly Muslim man.

During the previous hearing, a single bench of Justice G Narender had passed an interim order restraining UP police from taking coercive action against him.

The order was then challenged in Supreme Court by the UP Police.

The social media giant is already mired in a row with the central government over not following the new IT rules.