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Uproar in Kanpur over Facebook post against Satish Mahana, FIR against 5 including Congress leader
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News18•19-10-2026, 09:53
Uproar in Kanpur over Facebook post against Satish Mahana, FIR against 5 including Congress leader
- •Chakeri police registered an FIR against 5 people, including Congress District President Sandeep Shukla, for a derogatory Facebook post against Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana.
- •The complaint was filed by Anshu Gupta, Vice President of BJP Yuva Morcha Chakeri Mandal, alleging defamatory content on a page named Assembly Speaker Bahana Ji.
- •Sandeep Shukla claimed this is the seventh fake FIR filed against him in three months to suppress public exposure of local corruption and infrastructure issues.
- •Congress legal cell plans to meet Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal and approach the High Court to get the FIR quashed.
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An FIR was registered against Congress District President Sandeep Shukla and four others by the Chakeri police for creating a Facebook page named 'Bahana Ji' and posting defamatory and derogatory content against Uttar Pradesh Government Assembly Speaker Satish Mahana.
The Congress legal cell plans to visit Kanpur to study all seven cases filed against party members, meet with Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal, and approach the High Court to have the FIRs quashed.
Sandeep Shukla defended the social media posts as satire meant to highlight public grievances like waterlogging, claiming that the cases are politically motivated because they exposed corruption.
