What’s the similarity between Kapil Sibal and Mamata Banerjee? Both of them hate being laughed at on Twitter and Facebook.
After arresting a Jadavpur University professor for sharing cartoons of the West Bengal Chief Minister on Facebook, the state government now wants Facebook to delete morphed pictures of Mamata Banerjee.
Bengal’s criminal investigation department (CID) has written to Facebook to delete certain morphed images of Mamata Banerjee after a Trinamool Congress supporter lodged a complaint, citing specific posts and “objectionable comments” flooding social networking sites.
In its efforts to track down those responsible for uploading four Internet pictures lampooning the chief minister, CID has written to the social media site wanting to know the IP address from where pictures were posted.
On Thursday, a Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra, was arrested for forwarding a cartoon chain mail on the CM. Salt Lake-resident Suman Naskar has alleged in his complaint that some youths were using Facebook and Twitter to malign Mamata. The FIR was lodged on 12 April, the very day Ambikesh was arrested, reported The Times of India.
The case was handed to the CID’s cyber crime cell immediately. And on Saturday, the CID wrote to Facebook to delete the images and provide the IP details.
–Agencies