India, July 16 -- Police in Uttar Pradesh have arrested two women, identified as Mehak and Pari, over alleged obscene and abusive content on their Instagram accounts. Detailing the two influencers' alleged crimes, the police in Sambhal cited "social norms, decency, and morality" to stress that freedom of expression "is not absolute".

Besides Mehak and Pari (alias Nisha), two of their team members, Hina and Jarrar Alam, are also named in the case lodged after a complaint was filed on Monday, multiple reports said. They were arrested late on Monday night.

An online search by Mehak and Pari's names on Instagram shows several accounts with thousands of followers such as '@mehakpari143' which has nearly half a million (4.8 lakh) followers. T...