India, July 16 -- Police in Uttar Pradesh arrested two women, identified as Mehak and Pari, on Wednesday 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, two of other team members, Hina and Jarrar Alam, are also named in the case lodged after a complaint was filed on Monday, an NDTV report said.

A search by Mehak and Pari's names on Instagram shows several accounts with thousands of followers such as '@mehakpari143' which has over 4 lakh followers. Police said some of their handles had been taken down by the platform as per le...