An 20 year old engineering graduate from jodhpur was arrested on Sunday after he posted a fake picture of him receiving an award from President Kovind on social media.

20-year-old man was arrested here on Saturday for posting a morphed picture on social media of him receiving a fake cyber security award from President Ram Nath Kovind that went viral online, police said.

He was produced in a court and later remanded to two-day police custody.

The accused Rahul Rathi (20), a resident of Tiwari under Mathania police station limits of Jodhpur, is an information technology engineering graduate and runs a mobile phone agency in the town.

Mathania police station SHO Gautam Dotasara said one Ramesh had given a complaint on Friday that Rathi had posted a photograph on his Facebook page and WhatsApp purportedly receiving an honour from the President for "exemplary contribution in cyber security", which was fake.

"In his post, which was uploaded on July 9 on his Facebook account and WhatsApp, Rathi had mentioned that the day had brought him extreme pleasure and pride. Honourable President of India honoured him for his exemplary contribution in the field of cyber security at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi," said Dotasara.

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