Influencer posts objectionable reel on Mahatma Gandhi with ₹500 note, arrested

A Gujarat-based social media influencer, 47-year-old Simran Patel, was arrested by Surat Cyber Crime Branch for posting an objectionable reel involving Mahatma Gandhi's photograph. Simran had uploaded a reel on October 1. It showed an image of Gandhi ji on ₹500 currency note in a vulgar manner. "It was accompanied by objectionable...statements and gestures with...sexual reference," police said.