Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)
Bantwal, Mar 26: Police personnel of Vittal station in the taluk have arrested a person and registered a case against him. He has been accused of creating a communally provocative post in the social website relating to coronavirus.
The arrested accused happens to be Jayakar Acharya, a resident of Kojapady in Vittal Casba village.
Kalandar Parthippady, secretary of Vittal Muslim Union, had filed complaint against Acharya in Vittal police station about the aforesaid objectionable post. He also had provided a screen shot of the post to the police. Based on this complaint, the arrest was made.
Jayakar Acharya
It is gathered that sub-inspector of Vittal, Vinod Reddy, took three others including Rohit, residing in Vittal Meginapete and employed in Life Insurance Corporation of India Mangaluru, to the police station for posting inflammatory comment relating to the post. They were sent back with a warning after getting bonds executed by them, it is said.