Three held for objectionable Facebook photos

By Indo Asian News Service | IANS India Private Limited – Thu 31 Jan, 2013 2:22 PM IST

Bhubaneswar, Jan 31 (IANS) Three engineering students were arrested in Odisha Thursday for posting objectionable photos of a girl on networking site Facebook, police said.

The youths, who are doing diploma courses at a college in Tikiri in Rayagada district, were arrested on the basis of a complaint by the girl, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Pandit told IANS.

Rayagada town is about 400 km from here.

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