Tirupur: 2 men held for posing with knives in video

Tirupur: Police arrested two youths on Wednesday for posting a video that showed them brandishing knives.
The duo was identified as Peer Mohamed, 19, son of Azad, and Rahman, 20, son of Shabeerullah. Police said that they were facing petty cases, pertaining to public nuisance and assault.
According to police, the duo made a short video, in which they were seen taking out knives from their pockets and brandishing them. They had uploaded the video on social networking sites.
The village administrative officer of the Periyathottam lodged a complaint at the Tirupur south police station, alleging that the video was intimidatory. Police booked the duo under the Arms Act, 1959, Information Technology Act, 2000 as well as the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, for violating lockdown norms. The two were produced before a judicial magistrate and lodged in Dharapuram sub-jail.