LUCKNOW, April 19 -- Police have arrested a 29-year-old civil engineer for allegedly spreading false and inflammatory information on social media about the devastating Vikas Nagar slum fire, officials said on Sunday.

Identified as Sudhakar Tripathi, a resident of Vikas Nagar (Sector 11), the accused was arrested after four days of intensive digital surveillance and technical analysis by local police. Originally from Chitrakoot district, Tripathi works for a private firm, officials added.

According to police, the action stems from an FIR registered on April 17 after authorities took cognisance of alleged misleading and provocative posts shared on social media following the April 15 fire that gutted a large slum cluster in Vinayakpuram (S...