By Scroll Staff
A Muslim man has been arrested in the Paithani area of Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal district for allegedly sharing explicit photos and videos of a 21-year-old woman on social media, reported PTI on Wednesday.
The news agency did not clarify which faith the woman belongs to.
The man, identified as 24-year-old Shahnawaz Mirza, reportedly owns a barbershop in the Paithani village. He has been booked under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act.
After the arrest, Muslim shopkeepers in the area kept their establishments closed on Wednesday.
Sufficient police force had been deployed in Paithani after the incident, PTI quoted unidentified officials as saying.
The news agency quoted a senior superintendent of police as saying that the woman’s brother-in-law had filed a complaint against Mirza at the Paithani police station on Tuesday.
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