A 35-year-old resident of Bengaluru, who is a native of Moodbidri, was arrested by Mangaluru police for allegedly posting defamatory comments against Food and Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader on social media platform.
According to the police, 10 days ago, Taluk Panchayat member Jabbar and two others filed a complaint with the Mangaluru East police station about a post on Facebook defaming Mr. Khader. The post was made using the visuals of “Hello Minister” programme of a private new channel in which Mr. Khader answered several queries of people.
The police said following investigation they came to know that the post was made by Divya Prasad, who works as a supervisor in a hotel in ITPL. A team of policemen from Mangaluru East police went to Bengaluru on Thursday and apprehended him. Prasad was produced before a city magistrate court here on Friday.
The police said Prasad has been booked under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act.