Uttar Pradesh man arrested for 'insulting' national flag
Updated On: 30 November, 2022 02:11 PM IST | PTI
A purported video of the act had earlier surfaced on social media and caught local people`s eye who reported the matter to police
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A man was arrested for allegedly insulting the national flag and cleaning his face with it, police said on Wednesday.
A purported video of the act had earlier surfaced on social media and caught local people's eye who reported the matter to police.
Shahrukh, a resident of village Dhel in Zarif Nagar, was booked for insulting the flag and sent to jail, Additional Superintendent of Police, Rural, Siddharth Verma.
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In the video, Shahrukh was allegedly seen cleaning his face with the flag and then trampling it under his foot.
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