Case filed against woman for vulgar Facebook post on Assam legislator

Had allegedly questioned morality of actor-turned-BJP MLA Angoorlata Deka

A case has been filed against a woman in Assam’s Nagaon district for an alleged Facebook post with vulgar comments on an actor-turned-Assam BJP legislator.

A BJP supporter on Sunday filed an FIR against one Priyanka Kalita for uploading two photos of BJP legislator Angoorlata Deka on social media and questioning her morality, besides calling her names.

Ms. Kalita, who claims to be from Tinsukia in eastern Assam, deleted the post after it generated outrage.

The BJP supporter said Ms. Deka had asked him to file the case against the woman.

“We are taking up this case with all seriousness but have to find out whether Ms. Kalita’s is a fake or genuine account. The process has been started for requesting social media platforms to help,” Shankar Brata Rai Medhi, Nagaon district’s Superintendent of Police, said.

Another abusive video

Last week, the police had detained a 16-year-old boy from Golaghat town for an abusive YouTube video on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The video, peppered with slangs, criticised the BJP for trying to push the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

The police said the boy, who deactivated his account, was booked under Section 500 and 505 of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to defamation and public mischief in addition to Section 67 of the Information that deals with publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form. “We have sent him to the Juvenile Justice Board that let him go after counselling in an observation home,” a Golaghat district police officer said.