Man held for spreading rumours on social media

A 27-year-old man was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly spreading rumours on social media about burglars and kidnappers roaming about in the city, police said. Eshwar Singh alias Akhi Singh was arrested after the police registered a suo motu case and seized a mobile phone from him.

The cyber crime police station found a video posted on social media containing a tagline, ‘Kids Kidnappers in Mallepally Division’. The post was shared by others.

Such fake/false news were creating panic among the public, police said.