The craze to take a selfie in the most dangerous and uncanny places and situation seems to continue to take a toll on the country's youth. After the recent incident where a youth died while trying to take a selfie on a railway track, comes another case where 18-year-old boy was detained after taking a selfie with a Uttar Pradesh District Magistrate.

Faraz Ahmad the 'over-enthusiastic' youth who wanted a selfie with the woman DM of Bulandshahr was arrested on Monday after a scuffle with local officials and the police who asked him to delete the selfies, reports a leading English daily.

According to the additional DM Vishal Kumar, the boy, from Kamalpur village tried to take the selfie when the DM B Chandrakala, was speaking to elders about some local issues. " He tried to click a selfie with the DM, after which he was asked to behave several times," says Kumar.

DM Chandrakala said that the youth should have behaved responsibly knowing that the she was not only a government official but also a woman. "A woman has her own dignity, which should be respected by one and all," she said to the daily. "One needs to behave responsibly and must in no way hamper freedom of work for women. In general, I am concerned about today's youth because they tend to become irresponsible at times. They have a great responsibility towards the nation," she added.

ADM Kumar said that Ahmad was asked to leave as he continued to take pictures.

"The boy was continuously clicking pictures. And he was told that this should not happen without permission," she said. "It's your camera but whatever object you are trying to capture, do you have their consent? This is shocking," the DM said.

Chandrakala also added that the youth was sent to jail not for taking a selfie but for disorderly conduct after being asked to delete the pictures. "Don't know what happened outside the office, but I heard that he said that this is my camera, 'meri marzi', when asked to delete picture," she added.

The ADM said that Ahmad got into a fight with the police, officials outside the office when they asked him to delete the images. "It was then that police challaned him under CrPC section 151 (intent to commit crime) and sent to jail," Kumar said to the daily.

Ahmad's family met with the DM and asked her to drop charges against him to which she agreed. "He made a mistake, which was certainly punishable. But we are thankful to the DM, who not only listened to us but also agreed to forgive him. We have assured her that he will not repeat such behaviour in future," said Mohammad Irfan, Ahmad's uncle said.

Rakesh Singh, station in-charge of Kotwali police station confirmed that Ahmad was charged under section 151 of CrPC but wsa released on bail after three days.