Meerut, March 19 -- National Security Act (NSA) has been invoked against a man after a video shows him spitting on rotis while cooking at wedding in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.

According to a report in India Today, the man, Sohail was arrested in the month of February after the video went viral on social.

Now, after receiving the direction from the district magistrate, the NSA has been invoked against him.

Earlier, during one of the hearings, the man was attacked by some people. Fearing the repetition of similar incidents if he gets bail, NSA has been invoked.

It is an act that was promulgated in 1980. It empowers the government to detain a person for a maximum period of 12 months.

The act also empowers the district magistrate to detain a...