Kalaburagi: Two people booked for circulating fake message against Muslims on WhatsApp
Kalaburagi: Afzalpur Police on Saturday booked two people for allegedly posting provocative and fake content message on social media against Muslims here.
The accused have been identified as Mahesh Shetty and Ramesh of Afzalpur in Kalaburagi District.
According to the reports the accused circulated a picture of a Muslim man on messaging app WhatsApp adding that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and had escaped from a hospital in Mandya asserting that the general public be aware and cautioned about the person as he was a Muslim.
Both the accused have been booked for triggering enmity and hatred between two communities by circulating fake and baseless messages on social media platforms. A senior police official added the department was working towards nabbing the two accused.
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In Karnataka’s first case; Nigerian citizen arrested, booked under PITNDPS act for drugs peddling
Bengaluru: The city police have arrested a Nigerian citizen involved in an illegal drug sale and registered a case under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT NDPS), 1988.
The arrest is the first-of-its-kind in the state and the High Court advisory board has upheld the police commissioner's orders to arrest the Nigerian citizen Makuko Chukuka. Cases had been registered under the PIT NDPS Act in five stations in the city.
Chukuka has been a part of the sale racket in the city since 2012, abetted by his wife. but had escaped arrest, said police sources.
Officials of the CCB drug control squad had submitted a proposal for the arrest of the peddler under said Act. DCP (Crime) Kuldeep Kumar Jain and JCP Sandeep Patil had reviewed the proposal and sent a recommendation to City Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao. The commissioner issued an arrest order on March 16 and Chukuka was arrested on March 17.
When the case was taken to court, the advisory board with three judges of the high court upheld the commissioner's order. Chukuka has also been given a year's imprisonment.
CCB drug control squad inspector Shridhar Poojara had submitted the proposal to the senior officials.
Sandeep Patil has said that this is the first instance in the state where the CCB has used the PIT NDPS Act to control the sale of illegal substances.
