Coimbatore: A web designer from Chennai was arrested by the city police on Sunday for posting derogatory messages and photos on Helo application against chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and municipal administration minister SP Velumani.
Police said D Sudharsan, 22, of Arumbakkam in Chennai, claimed that he posted the defaming messages and photos on the app after his friend, a DMK functionary, requested him to do so. Sudharsan was pursuing BTech and working part-time as web designer.
The accused was booked under sections 504, 505 (2) and 506 (1) of the Indian Penal Code. Police lodged him at the Avinashi sub-jail in judicial custody after producing him before a magistrate on Monday.
The arrest was made after M Riyose Khan, 21, of Azath Nagar at Karumbukadai, a deputy secretary of the IT wing of AIADMK in Coimbatore, lodged a complaint with the Saravanampatti police. The complainant said he noticed defamatory posting against CM, deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and other ministers on Helo app by a user named Black horse and lodged the complaint on Sunday.
After registering a case, police traced the account to Sudharsan and arrested him on the same day.
Police said D Sudharsan, 22, of Arumbakkam in Chennai, claimed that he posted the defaming messages and photos on the app after his friend, a DMK functionary, requested him to do so. Sudharsan was pursuing BTech and working part-time as web designer.
The accused was booked under sections 504, 505 (2) and 506 (1) of the Indian Penal Code. Police lodged him at the Avinashi sub-jail in judicial custody after producing him before a magistrate on Monday.
The arrest was made after M Riyose Khan, 21, of Azath Nagar at Karumbukadai, a deputy secretary of the IT wing of AIADMK in Coimbatore, lodged a complaint with the Saravanampatti police. The complainant said he noticed defamatory posting against CM, deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and other ministers on Helo app by a user named Black horse and lodged the complaint on Sunday.
After registering a case, police traced the account to Sudharsan and arrested him on the same day.
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