City Police have booked at least three cases recently, two for abusing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on social media, and another for impersonating Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, and Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister Priyank Kharge on social media and seeking money from people in his name.
The Whitefield Cyber Crime Police on Wednesday registered a case against a person with an account on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) for uploading morphed pictures of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar. Based on the complaint filed by Ajay Kumar, a congress party worker, the police charged Narasappa Bhatta under IT Act, 2000 on Wednesday.
This is the second such case registered for abusing the Chief Minister this week. On Monday, Kiran N., a police constable attached to DCP’s Social Media Wing, complained against Eshwarappa Muniyappa for posting abusive comments against the chief minister.
Meanwhile, Central Cybercrime division police registered a complaint against an unknown person for opening an Instagram account in the name of Mr. Kharge, impersonating him and seeking money from different people. The accused has been sending messages to many persons on Instagram asking them to transfer money. Based on the complaint from Mahantesh Ujjanakoppa, from the Minister’s office, a case has been registered.
