New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- Social media content creator Amir Shokeen has been arrested by Delhi Police in connection with a viral video allegedly showing him directing racial slurs and humiliating remarks at a young man from Tripura, triggering widespread outrage across the Northeast.
Police traced Shokeen to Shahdara earlier on Thursday, but he allegedly kept changing locations before being apprehended by Sadar Bazar police from a relative's house in Karol Bagh in the evening.
An FIR was registered at Sadar Bazar police station under Sections 192, 196, 352 and 353 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), dealing with offences including provocation with intent to cause a riot, promoting enmity between groups, intentional insult and statements con...