Hyderabad: Youtuber attempts suicide following activist’s comments

Syed Saleem, a resident of Hafeez Baba Nagar and president of an NGO, had allegedly made inappropriate comments against a woman who is a YouTube reporter and runs the Khidmat e- Khalq Charitable Trust on Facebook.

Hyderabad: The Chandrayangutta police registered a case against Syed Saleem, a social activist from the old city, for allegedly making defamatory comments against a woman YouTuber.

Syed Saleem, a resident of Hafeez Baba Nagar and president of an NGO, had allegedly made inappropriate comments against a woman who is a YouTube reporter and runs the Khidmat e- Khalq Charitable Trust on Facebook.

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“Saleem did a live broadcast on his Facebook page and made defamatory and derogatory comments against the woman. Due to this, the woman reportedly tried to end her life by consuming some sleeping pills,” said Rudra Bhaskar, SHO Chandrayangutta.

On a complaint the police had registered a case under Section 354, 294 of IPC and under various sections of IT Act against Saleem. He was picked up from his house by a police team early on Sunday.

Mild tension prevailed near the house of Saleem at Dabeerpura when few persons gathered while the police team went to his house to arrest him. The mob shouted abusive words and the police dispersed them. A similar scene prevailed near the Chandrayangutta police station when he was brought to the police station.

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