Youth activist held for FB post on cyclone Hudhud

A Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party activist was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly posting ‘irresponsible’ comments on the social networking site Facebook regarding cyclone Hudhud which hit the North Andhra Pradesh coast earlier this month.

C Rahul Reddy, a final year bachelor of law student, posted "irresponsible" anti-people comments on Facebook after the natural disaster hit the region, Additional Director General (CID) Dwarka Tirumala Rao said.

Rahul Reddy, who is associated with YSRCP's student wing and is a resident of Guntur district, posted the comments on his Facebook profile on October 12, Rao added.

Earlier, a complaint was received on October 15 in connection with some comments posted on social networking websites regarding the calamity. S Uday Kumar, a resident of Sainkpuri in Hyderabad, was arrested and remanded into judicial custody on October 18 in connection with the case, the officer said.