BANGALORE/BELGAUM
The Central Crime Branch of the Bangalore city police on Saturday night took a 24-year-old MBA student in custody for offensive messages against Narendra Modi. A few days ago another man was picked up in Goa for posting anti-Modi messages on a social networking site,
The Bangalore arrest was based on a complaint lodged in Belgaum district by RTI activist Jayant Mukund Tinaikar. In his complaint, Jayant alleged that he received an offensive message against Modi on WhatsApp on May 16.
During investigation, police found that the message originated in Bangalore and was sent by Sayed Waqar, an MBA student from Anjuman Institute of Management in Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada district. Waqar was in Bangalore for internship for a month.
On Saturday, sleuths of the central crime branch raided Waqar’s house in Hoysala Apartments, Vasantnagar, Bangalore. Four others living with him were questioned and let off but Waqar was arrested.
Waqar claims to be an Aam Aadmi Party worker but they could not verify it.
Waqar has been booked under Section 505 of the IPC for issuing statements amounting to public mischief with intent to cause fear or alarm and Section 66 of IT Act for sending offensive messages through communication service.
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