Hyderabad/Chandigarh, May 9 -- The Punjab police have arrested a Hyderabad-based freelance journalist for allegedly retweeting a video shared by academician and former Modi supporter Madhu Kishwar, over allegedly circulating forged and misleading content on social media.

Hasan Mohiuddin Siddiqui was arrested by the Sector-26 police station in Chandigarh and sent to judical remand on Sunday, May 9.

Further details are awaited.

Besides working as a freelancer, Siddiqui is also an avid historian.

According to several reports, Hassan suffers from severe pancreatitis and requires constant medical attention.

The journalist had retweeted Kishwar's X post, which seems to have been deleted now.

Last month, an FIR was lodged against her under...