The Bengaluru police arrested an electrician for allegedly importing a video on social media in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the wake of Operation Sindoor, officers stated on Tuesday.
The police recognized the accused as Nawaz, 25, a resident of Mangammanapalya. He was remanded in judicial custody and despatched to Bengaluru Central jail.
Officers stated he made the controversial remarks in opposition to PM Modi in a video and uploaded it on his social media account named ‘Public Servant’.
Within the video, which went viral, Nawaz is seen saying, “As we speak, India and Pakistan are at battle. Why hasn’t Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence been bombed but? When folks had been residing peacefully, this war-like state of affairs was created by PM Modi. His residence needs to be bombed first.”
Taking cognisance of the matter, the Bandepalya police registered a First Data Report (FIR) and tracked down the accused.
Earlier, the Karnataka Police registered an FIR in opposition to a postgraduate pupil for allegedly posting a message in opposition to Operation Sindoor launched by the Indian armed forces in retaliation for the Pahalgam terrorist assault in Kashmir through which 26 folks had been killed.
The Konaje police in Mangaluru metropolis filed the FIR on Sunday primarily based on a grievance. In keeping with the police, Reshma N Bariga, a resident of Belalu close to Belthangady city, posted an Instagram message criticising the strikes carried out by the Indian armed forces in Pakistan.
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The Mangaluru College pupil “used the hashtag ‘#dikkaraoperationSindoora’ (Down with Operation Sindoor) after writing poetic traces in regards to the futility of battle. In her poem, written in Kannada, she acknowledged that the result of battle is ‘complete darkness’,” police stated.
The submit quickly stirred controversy, prompting Reshma to delete it. Nevertheless, she later made one other submit defending her earlier stance in opposition to Operation Sindoor.
Primarily based on the grievance, the police registered an FIR underneath sections 192 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to trigger riot), 196 (selling enmity between totally different teams on grounds equivalent to faith, race, hometown, residence, or language, and acts prejudicial to the upkeep of concord), 353(1)(b) and 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).