Ludhiana, Dec. 31 -- Flaunting firearms on social media has landed a Ludhiana youth in trouble, with the PAU police on Tuesday registering an FIR against him for openly posing with weapons online, despite a ban on such acts.

The accused has been identified as Vishu, who was operating social media profiles under the name "Vishu Ludhiana". His posts, in which he was seen posing with weapons, caught the attention of the police cyber support cell during routine surveillance of social networking platforms.

Inspector Vijay Kumar, station house officer of the PAU police station, said the cyber support cell regularly monitors social media to curb unlawful activities. "During scanning, objectionable posts surfaced in which the accused was seen f...