PUDUCHERRY: The Puducherry police arrested a man, who posted a message on Facebook declaring that he is ready to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he is offered Rs 5 crore.
The arrested man has been identified as Sathiyanandham of Ariyankuppam, 43.
K Thangadurai, 35, a mason, lodged a complaint with the Ariyankuppam police stating that he had come across a post on Facebook from the account of ‘Sathiya Sathiya’ declaring that 'ready to kill Modi, who is ready to offer Rs 5 crore'.
The mason said the post would trigger enmity between different classes of people and urged the police to initiate action against the man who posted the message.
Police traced Sathiyanandham, booked him under sections 5-5 (i) (statements conducing to public mischief) and 505 (ii) (statements creating enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested him.
He was remanded in judicial custody.