<p>Two persons were arrested in Odisha’s Balasore district on Tuesday for allegedly making unsavoury remarks against Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi on social media, police said.</p>.<p>The two were arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the district unit of the BJP's youth wing on Sunday against the distasteful remarks about Sarangi, who is also the Lok Sabha member from Balasore, Inspector in-Charge of Sahadevkhunta Police station K C Palei said.</p>.<p>Sahadevkhunta police registered a case the same day and launched an investigation, he said, adding the accused were identified and arrested after a thorough probe.</p>.<p>The arrested persons, Gautam Sahu and Gyanendra Mohanty, both aged around 25 years, posted the remarks against the minister on Facebook, Palei said.</p>.<p>Posters carrying a screenshot of the social media post also appeared at some places in Balasore town on Sunday.</p>.<p>The posters read “Help! Our MP is Missing’ with a photograph of Sarangi, the Union Minister of State for MSME, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, police said.</p>.<p>The accused have been booked under sections 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 500 (defamation) and 34 A (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC, they added.</p>
<p>Two persons were arrested in Odisha’s Balasore district on Tuesday for allegedly making unsavoury remarks against Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi on social media, police said.</p>.<p>The two were arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by the district unit of the BJP's youth wing on Sunday against the distasteful remarks about Sarangi, who is also the Lok Sabha member from Balasore, Inspector in-Charge of Sahadevkhunta Police station K C Palei said.</p>.<p>Sahadevkhunta police registered a case the same day and launched an investigation, he said, adding the accused were identified and arrested after a thorough probe.</p>.<p>The arrested persons, Gautam Sahu and Gyanendra Mohanty, both aged around 25 years, posted the remarks against the minister on Facebook, Palei said.</p>.<p>Posters carrying a screenshot of the social media post also appeared at some places in Balasore town on Sunday.</p>.<p>The posters read “Help! Our MP is Missing’ with a photograph of Sarangi, the Union Minister of State for MSME, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, police said.</p>.<p>The accused have been booked under sections 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 500 (defamation) and 34 A (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC, they added.</p>