<p>A man from Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was arrested after a video purportedly showing him “cleaning” chicken with the Tricolour went viral on social media, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>An official from Silvassa police station said the man was seen “insulting” the national flag by using it as a piece of cloth to clean chicken at a poultry shop where he worked.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/woman-with-her-cheek-painted-in-tricolour-stopped-from-entering-golden-temple-controversy-erupts-1210531.html" target="_blank">Woman with her cheek painted in tricolour 'stopped' from entering Golden Temple, controversy erupts</a></strong></p>.<p>“We booked the person on the basis of a complaint and arrested him under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971," the police official said.</p>.<p>The man was arrested on Thursday and sent to judicial custody on Friday, police said.</p>.<p>The official said the man was arrested under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act which deals with people burning, mutilating, defacing, defiling, disfiguring, destroying, or trampling upon the national flag in a public place or in any other place within public view. If found guilty, he can be imprisoned for up to three years, or with fine, or with both.</p>
<p>A man from Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli was arrested after a video purportedly showing him “cleaning” chicken with the Tricolour went viral on social media, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>An official from Silvassa police station said the man was seen “insulting” the national flag by using it as a piece of cloth to clean chicken at a poultry shop where he worked.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/woman-with-her-cheek-painted-in-tricolour-stopped-from-entering-golden-temple-controversy-erupts-1210531.html" target="_blank">Woman with her cheek painted in tricolour 'stopped' from entering Golden Temple, controversy erupts</a></strong></p>.<p>“We booked the person on the basis of a complaint and arrested him under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971," the police official said.</p>.<p>The man was arrested on Thursday and sent to judicial custody on Friday, police said.</p>.<p>The official said the man was arrested under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act which deals with people burning, mutilating, defacing, defiling, disfiguring, destroying, or trampling upon the national flag in a public place or in any other place within public view. If found guilty, he can be imprisoned for up to three years, or with fine, or with both.</p>