An 18-year-old youth was apprehended in North-East Delhi’s Jyoti Nagar area for allegedly insulting a saffron flag near a mosque, the police said on Friday.
The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, was filmed on camera and has since gone viral on social media.
However, a left-liberal newspaper, ironically named ‘The Hindu’, is not convinced that Alam’s actions which consist of breaking the Hindu religious flag and then trampling all over it with this friends, constitute an insult or not. Note the use of scare quotes around the word ‘insulting’ in the headline which conveys scepticism, and then the use of the word ‘allegedly’ in the first line of the article.
The police said that the accused, who has been identified as Faiz Alam, along with two juveniles made the video near the Moula Baksh mosque in Ashok Nagar area after morning prayers.
According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-East), Joy Tirkey, an FIR under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered in the Jyoti Nagar police station.
“Faiz Alam along with his two minor friends had made the video at about 5:35 a.m. on Wednesday. His phone has been seized. The role of both the minor boys is being ascertained,” the DCP said.
(With IANS inputs)
