2 men spend 12 days in jail for Facebook comments against Congress. lose their jobs.

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In the shocking example of the alleged misuse of Information and Technology Act , the men -- K.V. Rao and Mayank -- were arrested for allegedly posting offensive comments against some Congress leaders on their Facebook group earlier this year.

The duo was employed with the national carrier, Air India. They were arrested in May on the basis of a complaint filed last year. After suffering all these months, they have ended their silence for the first time on Headlines Today on Friday. Out on bail, they narrated their tale of alleged harassment.
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"This is injustice. They arrested us at 1 am. They gave no reasons for the arrest as well. This is misuse of power," alleged Rao.

His wife Rajshree said, "They said 'we are police, we can arrest anyone at any point of time'. My kids were scared to the core. In the middle of the night they asked us to come to the police station."

"I was humiliated badly. Policemen with machine guns came in the night and took me away," the other accused, Mayank, said.

The passports of the accused were impounded for six months. With the duo embroiled in the legal tangles, the Air India management also shunted them out. Family members said that it was a hard time for them and they could never understand why police acted in such a manner.

Now, despite being released on bail, the duo has been doing the rounds of courts and police station.
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the cases were filed last year it seems and the arrest was in may this year in a commando fashion. again the culprit being blatant misuse of the draconian provisions of the IT Act.


[since the other thread is locked, I will drop this here: in other news the cases against those 2 FB girls were withdrawn, after so much coverage followed by outrage.]



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Well on the way to become another china are we ?
Can we not voice our opinions abt anything anymore ? :|
 
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Rahul gandhi become a joke section to facebook and twitter. Now whoever comment on it, they will get a GOVT. job without giving a interview. JAIL:bigok:

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http://hindi.oneindia.in/news/2012/...dhi-congress-twitter-funny-jokes-aid0092.html
 
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