Dalit intellectual arrested for taking on Akhilesh government on Facebook

A Dalit intellectual was on Tuesday arrested over a Facebook status that was critical of the Uttar Pradesh government and senior Samajwadi Party leaders over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal. He has since been granted bail. Kanwal Bharti was picked up from his home in Rampur district at 8.a.m., his son Moggalan told The Hindu. “Last night [on Monday night] he had posted on Facebook about the Durga Nagpal case and how it would backfire for the State,” Mr. Moggalan said.

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