New Delhi, September 26: Actor-turned-politician and former Congress Member of Parliament Divya Spandana Ramya has been booked by Police in Uttar Pradesh for a tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sedition charges have been slapped against her, post she tweeted a photoshopped photograph of PM Modi painting 'Chor' on his hashtag 'Chor PM Chup Hai'.

According to a News Minute report, Gomtinagar Police station has booked Ramya under Section 67 of The Information Technology (Amendment) Act and sedition (Section 124A) of the IPC, following a complaint by Lucknow-based lawyer Syed Rizwan Ahmad on Tuesday. Congress Says Rafale Scam is 'Crime Petrol Serial' and not 'Laughter Challenge!', Calls Finance Minister 'Jait-LIE' in a Melodramatic Attack.

He further tweeted, “My humble knowledge says that Defamation in a capacity of Individual is not maintainable..BJP as an organization is more fit to initiate.” He also urged people to support Vibhor Anand, who is raising funds on a crowdfunding platform to file Rs 10,000 crore civil defamation suit against Ramya for the same tweet.

In a series of the tweet the lawyer, posted a photograph of the FIR acknowledgement and stated that the PM’s legal team should be more active.

He wrote, “Twitter friend and I have initiated the legal proceedings as you (PM Modi) are the country’s Prime Minister and not of any specific group.” He further highlighted that he had repeatedly asked Ramya to remove the post, but she didn't.

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