Thiruvananthapuram: A man was arrested Monday for allegedly posting pictures of Kerala Minister K T Jaleel morphed in an obscene manner on the social media, police said here.
The man, identified as Shameer Parapadan, a native of the state, was arrested by the Cyber Crime police when he arrived from abroad at the international airport in Kochi early morning Monday, police said.
Later, he was released on bail, police added.
A complaint had been filed against him for allegedly morphing the pictures of Jaleel and circulating obscene photos through the Whatsapp recently.
Jaleel, a CPI-M independent MLA representing Thavanoor constituency in Malappuram district, is the minister for Local Administration.