J&K files FIR against scribe for Facebook post

Jammu, March 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's criminal investigation department (CID) late Monday evening registered a first information report (FIR) against a journalist for posting inflammatory content on his Facebook social networking account.

Sources in the state police department told IANS that the counter intelligence wing of the CID here registered the FIR against Ramesh Khazanche, a migrant Kashmiri Pandit scribe living in New Delhi, for posting inflammatory, defamatory and malicious content on his Facebook account.

"Yes, an FIR has been lodged against the accused for posting inflammatory, defamatory and malicious content on his Facebook account that could stoke passions in the state," a senior police officer told IANS here.

Reports also said Khazanche was being picked up for interrogation by the sleuths of the state CID on Wednesday.