Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 12

With the arrest of two men from Ludhiana, the Khanna police claimed to have solved the case in which a derogatory message was posted against Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on an LED screen installed on a highway.

Manpreet Singh, SP Investigation, Khanna, while addressing a press conference, said the probe and technical evidence collected in the case had led to the arrest of two accused — Kunal Singla, a native of New Model Town, Moga, at present a resident of Gandhi Colony, New Model Town, Ludhiana, and Yogesh Puri, alias Ashu, of Maharana Partap Nagar, Basti Jodhewal, Ludhiana.

The SP said the accused hacked a VMS (variable message signboard) of public convenient LED installed on the national highway, in front of Libra village, on the intervening of July 30-31 and flashed some derogatory message against the Chief Minister.

A complaint was received from Dharminder Sharma, in-charge of control room, NHAI Ambala, and a case under Section 67 of the IT Act-2000 and Section 500 of the IPC was registered.

During investigation, Kunal, who runs a shop of LED signboards at Jammu Colony, Ludhiana, disclosed that on the said night, he, along with Yogesh Puri, was returning to Ludhiana after installing a letter board at a cafe in Kasauli. They halted at Apna Vaishnu Dhaba, Libra, for dinner. Before leaving, they planned the mischief and hacked the VMS to flash the derogatory message against the CM.