Case lodged for objectionable post against Punjab CM

AMID pictures of a woman, purportedly clicked at the wedding function of Chief Minister Amarinder Singh granddaughter’s wedding, going viral on social media, the Punjab Police Tuesday registered a case under various sections against unknown miscreants for allegedly spreading false and patently defamatory messages aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the Chief Minister.

A government statement said that the image of the CM was being tarnished using a woman’s photograph picked up from her social media accounts without her permission.

The case, under Section 509 IPC, Section 4 and 6 of The Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986 and Sections 66 and 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, has been registered at the State Cyber Crime, Mohali,