Dead military chief: 8 Indians arrested for ‘offensive’ posts

NEW DELHI: Eight Indians have been arrested for making “offensive” social media posts about the death of the country’s military chief in a helicopter crash, according to officials speaking to AFP on Monday and local reports.

General Bipin Rawat, who was killed along with his wife and 11 others in last week’s accident, was a hugely popular figure seen as close to Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But he also courted controversy, in one instance presenting an award to an officer who tied a civilian in IIOJK to the front of his military vehicle in a show of force.