An FIR has been registered against Facebook at the Gomti Nagar police station in Lucknow for “exhorting cow slaughter.” It was registered under Sections 153,290 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
The complaint, filed by social activist Nutan Thakur, says Facebook group Aao Mil kar kaatein Gaai (Let us come together to slaughter cows) openly urges and glorifies cow slaughter.
It has “extremely abusive and dirty words by various users” against two religions. The intentional insults and abuses are provocative and prejudicial to maintenance of harmony and are intended to provoke breach of peace.
