A Seventy-year-old Uttar Pradesh native was arrested from Chennai for making objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on YouTube, police said on Monday.

As per Jaunpur Superintendent of Police Ajay Sahni,  Manmohan Mishra, a resident of the Kohdaura village under Sureri police station in the Jaunpur district was arrested on August 11 from Chennai's BRD Nagar. A case against Mishra had been registered earlier for making some objectionable comments against the Prime Minister in the context of a possible third wave of the COVID-19 and uploading the same on YouTube with his remarks becoming viral on other social media platforms, Sahni said.

Mishra was found to be a native of Kohdaura village and was traced to be living in Chennai from where he was brought to Jaunpur on transit remand, He was produced here before a court which remanded him to judicial custody,  police said. The SP said Mishra is also a Yoga enthusiast and campaign for people to take it up on YouTube, he added.

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