Bengaluru: Fake news and a morphed photo of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and a Kannada actress was allegedly circulated on social media, and the police arrested a web portal owner and a BJP sympathiser in connection to the case.
A Gangadhar, owner of UKSuddi.in, and Ajith Shetty Heranje, a BJP sympathiser, were held on Thursday and a case under various IPC sections, including 468 (forgery), 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) was registered against them.
According to a media report, Gangadhar had allegedly published the morphed image of the CM and an actress on his website andĀ Heranje had take a screenshot of it andĀ reportedly circulated the image on Facebook.
A complaint was filed by the chief minister’s media secretary H B Dinesh and based on it the arrests were made. He said in his complaint that theyĀ had defamed the chief minister by their actions.