AMBALA: A court in Mullana remanded a man hailing from Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh to one-day police custody on Monday for allegedly disrespecting the Indian national flag.

Farid Khan (23), the accused, was arrested on Sunday, following a post on his Facebook account.

In his Facebook post, Khan had imposed the Pakistani flag over the tricolour and allegedly made disrespectful remarks in his social media post.

The court of civil judge senior division Akshdeep Mahajan remanded him under police custody after the cops said that they were yet to recover the mobile phone used to upload the post and also to investigate the matter further.

As per the information shared by the concerned public prosecutor in

district court, “The cops were demanding police remand for three days to make certain recoveries related to this case and to investigate the matter further. But the court has sent the accused on one-day police remand.”

While coming out of court after the hearing, Farid Khan told TOI, “The Facebook account was generated only a few days ago and the post was not intended to disrespect the national flag. I did not understand that such a post could disrespect the national flag of India. I thought the picture is showing India and Pakistan joining hands with a message of peace.”