Sedition charge against UP lawyer for calling Yogi Adityanath terrorist in tweet

A district court lawyer in Kanpur was arrested on Sunday and charged with sedition for allegedly calling Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath a terrorist in a tweet, The Indian Express reported.

The lawyer, identified as Abdul Hannan, was sent to jail after being produced before a court, Kalyanpur police station house officer Ajay Seth told the newspaper.

Hannan had retweeted a video tweeted by the state information department’s media advisor Shalabh Mani Tripathi, in which the chief minister told the Assembly that he supported cane-charging people who have been protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens. While retweeting the post, Hannan allegedly called Adityanath a terrorist.