Youth posts morphed picture of fake award from President Kovind, arrested

A 20-year-old man was arrested here on Saturday for posting a morphed picture on social media of him receiving a fake cyber security award from President Ram Nath Kovind that went viral online, police said.

He was produced in a court and later remanded to two-day police custody.

The accused Rahul Rathi (20), a resident of Tiwari under Mathania police station limits of Jodhpur, is an information technology engineering graduate and runs a mobile phone agency in the town.

Mathania police station SHO Gautam Dotasara said one Ramesh had given a complaint on Friday that Rathi had posted a photograph on his Facebook page and WhatsApp purportedly receiving an honour from the President for “exemplary contribution in cyber security”, which was fake.