Ranchi, Aug. 19 -- The BJP on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Ranchi Cyber Crime Police Station against a social media post allegedly depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi as dead and demanded registration of an FIR and a probe into the matter.

BJP state spokesperson Ajay Sah alleged that an Instagram account named Rishikesh Chauhan had shared an objectionable image showing a garland placed on Modi's photograph along with words referring to his funeral.

Sah claimed that the comment was posted on the Instagram profile of Ranchi Congress Mahanagar president Kumar Raja.

He said political criticism was part of democratic discourse but portraying a living Prime Minister as dead and depicting his funeral could not be justified as freedom ...