KOCHI: The police Friday arrested the youth for his Facebook post on the child brought to Kochi from Mangalore. The youth arrested is Binil Somasundaram, a native of Kadavoor in Ernakulam. He was arrested from Nedumkandam in Idukki. His arrest was recorded today and he has confessed to the crime.

A case was taken against him for causing religious disharmony. The police were observing his Facebook post of communal reference. The mobile phone used to post comments on Facebook has been seized. He referred to the 17-day-old baby shifted to Amrita hospital in Ernakulam from Mangaluru as ‘Jihad’s seed’ in a Facebook post.

He was absconding after the post sparked a controversy. He was booked under Section 153 A of the IPC for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony

The police are questioning Binil. He will be produced in the court and remanded. It is heard that Binil is a political Bajrang Dal activist of International Hindu Parishad.