Srinagar, Oct. 28 -- A Kashmiri Pandit activist, Rakesh Handoo, has been arrested for allegedly sharing on social media an "altered" digital poster issued by a little-known outfit threatening Pandit migrant employees and workers, the J&K Police said.

A Kashmiri Pandit migrant employee had filed a complaint against Handoo last month in north Kashmir's Baramulla, following which the accused was arrested on October 17 from Faridabad in Haryana. An FIR under Sections 66F (cyber terrorism) and 84 of the Information Technology Act was registered against him on September 17, officials said.

Handoo's lawyer, Aazim Mushtaq Pandit, confirmed that the accused was booked as he had shared the threat letter through his X account eight times, but main...