DNH police arrested a man arrested for cleaning chicken with 'National Flag', viral video
A video of a chicken shop being cleaned with the tricolor went viral on social media, on which the police have now arrested the accused while taking action. The accused was cleaning the chicken with the tricolor at the meat selling shop.
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The man seen in the video is Mohammad Saif Qureshi, who was arrested on April 21 from Silvassa in Dadra and Nagar Haveli on charges of desecrating the Indian national flag. The youth is a resident of Silvassa and this video is also from there. The police informed about this on Saturday.
The arrest action has been taken by the police after the video of insulting the tricolor became increasingly viral on social media. An official from the Silvassa police station said the accused was seen "insulted" the national flag by using a piece of cloth to clean chicken at the poultry shop where he worked.
Police nab one for cleaning chicken with national flag in viral videohttps://t.co/uVjgbPDatN pic.twitter.com/xRdP4C4pnt — DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) April 22, 2023
"Based on a complaint, we registered a case against the man and arrested him under Section 2 of the Insult to National Honor Act, 1971," police said. Police said the man was arrested on Thursday and sent to judicial custody on Friday.
Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honor Act deals with burning, mutilating, defacing, desecrating, destroying or trampling on the National Flag in any public place or in any other place. If found guilty in this case, there is a provision of imprisonment up to three years or fine or both.
