## Colophon tags:: [[&arc]] [[&article]] [[%posterbeware]] [[india]] url:: https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/10/13/ces13-od-hate-speech-arrest.html date:: [[2025-10-14]] %% title:: Youth held for spreading hate speech in social media type:: [[clipped-note]] file:: published:: 2025-10-13T15:23:16+05:30 [Click to Archive](https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/10/13/ces13-od-hate-speech-arrest.html) %% archive:: ## Notes short:: > On the basis of the complaint, Ali was apprehended from the Birdhi police station area in Jagatsinghpur district on the night of October 12, said Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner S Dev Datta Singh. "The persons who are forwarding such messages are equally responsible as those who are creating such hate speeches," Singh said. He warned of legal action against the persons who are forwarding such messages on social media platforms. "I hope that people will refrain from forwarding such posts and messages on social media," the police commissioner said.