FIR lodged against Facebook, journalist

A social activist has filed an FIR against social networking site Facebook and a journalist based in Jalandhar for allegedly asking people to burn the Bhagwad Gita.

By:PTI
| Updated on: Dec 26 2011, 14:23 IST

A social activist has filed an FIR against social networking site Facebook and a journalist based in Jalandhar for allegedly asking people to burn the Bhagwad Gita.

'The FIR has been registered at Gomti Nagar Police Station on a complaint lodged by Nutan Thakur under various sections of the IPC yesterday,' Circle officer Alok Singh told PTI.

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In her FIR, Nutan alleged the journalist, who calls himself the Editor-in-Chief of a Punjabi daily newspaper, had asked people to burn the Bhagwad Gita on Facebook.

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The journalist claimed the scripture made derogatory references to women, she said in the FIR.

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First Published Date: 26 Dec, 14:00 IST
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