Prashant Kanojia, a freelance journalist based in Delhi, was arrested by Uttar Pradesh on Saturday (8 June) for sharing objectionable content against chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Kanojia had shared a video on social media where a woman was seen telling news reporters of various channels that she had sent him a marriage proposal, reports NDTV.

Kanojia, previously, had posted on Twitter, calling for killing of Hindu saints to save humanity. In different tweets, he also called Hinduism “filth on humanity”, “fake religion with fake gods”, “Useless religion with useless rituals”, adding “hope it gets destroyed”.

Kanojia had also posted a tweet insulting Hindu Dalits, calling them “animals with no brain”.