Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Dec 30: A person has been arrested for allegedly circulating a morphed image of health and family welfare minister U T Khadar in WhatsApp.
Naresh Gatty, a resident of Thokkottu here, allegedly sent an image of Khadar morphed over the poster of Aamir Khan's latest movie 'PK', with a Pakistani flag and abusive words scribbled across.
A complaint in this regard was filed in the Ullal police station by Hameed Hasan of Kotekar, the chief secretary of Tulunada Rakshana Vedike.
In his complaint, Hasan said that he started a WhatsApp group in which people he knew, including U T Khadar, were members. In the early hours of December 25, Naresh sent a morphed image of Khadar to him, thus hurting sentiments, stated the complaint.
A case was registered under sections 66(A) and 67 of the Information Technology Act and Naresh was arrested.
Further investigations are on.