UP: Murder accused booked for posing on Facebook with illegal gun

Muzaffarnagar: A case has been registered against an accused in a murder case after he was found posing with an illegal firearm in a photograph posted on Facebook. According to Circle Officer Sanjeev Vajpayee, the accused Sachin is in police custody for the murder of a Class X student here on May 9. [caption id=“attachment_1546017” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational Image. AFP[/caption] The family members of Uvais, the murdered student, told police that the said photo – in which the accused has been photographed with the illegal gun in front of him on a table – was posted with a design to threaten them, police said. The fresh case has been booked against the accused under the provisions of the IT Act. PTI