The Gorakhpur police have arrested a 24-year-old first year law student for allegedly uploading offensive posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media.

The accused, Arun Yadav, had allegedly morphed the faces of Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath in a video and then uploaded it on Facebook.

The Gorakhpur University has suspended Arun Yadav and formed a disciplinary committee to look into the matter.

The police spokesman said that they came to know about the post two days ago and on inquiry found that the video was uploaded on the Facebook account of Arun Yadav.

“We found that the accused had morphed the faces of the two leaders in an objectionable manner. He was arrested from a village in Chauri Chaura area,” the police spokesman said.

Yadav has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation).

Station House Officer of Cantonment police station Anil Upadhyay said the accused had also been booked under the Information Technology Act.

Meanwhile, Gorakhpur University’s public relation officer Mahendra Kumar Singh said that the university had taken a serious note of the incident and suspended Yadav for violating the Gorakhpur University’s Act and Ordinance. “The university has prohibited Arun Yadav’s entry into the campus and has formed a disciplinary committee to inquire into the matter. The committee attempted to contact Arun and made a call on his cell phone but it was found switched off. The committee has written a letter to Arun Yadav to give his side of the story,” an official of the university said.