The police in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district have lodged an FIR against two senior officers of Twitter India over the social media platform putting up a distorted map of India.
The FIR became lodged at the Khurja Nagar police station on Monday evening on the basis of a grievance with the aid of an workplace-bearer of right wing Bajrang Dal.
The map, which confirmed the Union Territories of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir outside India, become noticed on Monday, leading to an uproar by means of netizens.
Twitter had removed that map on Monday evening.
"the arena map does not display Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir as components of India. This isn't always a accident. This act has hurt the emotions of Indians, such as me," Bajrang Dal's western UP convenor Praveen Bhati said inside the criticism.
The FIR names Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari and information Partnerships Head Amrita Tripathi as accused who've been booked below Indian Penal Code phase 505 (2) (public mischief).
fees under records generation Act section 74 (guide for fraudulent purpose) have also been invoked inside the case, in keeping with the FIR, seen with the aid of PTI.
The map's obtrusive distortion, which seemed at the profession section of Twitter internet site under the header 'Tweep life', had triggered a heavy backlash from netizens on Monday as they demanded strict action towards the microblogging platform that has flouted numerous guidelines on multiple occasions inside the beyond.
earlier, Twitter had proven Leh as part of China.
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