A particular workforce of the Tamil Nadu Police on Saturday arrested Prashant Kumar, 32, a native of Bihar, in Jharkhand on the cost of spreading fake news that migrant staff had been attacked in Tiruppur.
City Police Commissioner Praveen Kumar Abhinapu stated a particular workforce, headed by cybercrime unit inspector L. Sornavalli, had traced the accused — who used a Facebook profile, ‘Prakash Kumar’, to share the video clips — to Jharkhand. After the movies had been circulated, the police registered a case towards him on March 8 beneath numerous sections 153 (A) (selling enmity between totally different teams on grounds of faith, race, fatherland, residence, language and doing acts prejudicial to upkeep of concord) and 505 (ii) (statements creating or selling enmity, hatred or ill-will between courses) of the Indian Penal Code.
Another workforce, led by Thirumuruganpoondi inspector V. Jegananthan, went to Jharkhand and arrested Prashant Kumar, who hails from the Bakhari Barai panchayat in Vaishali district of Bihar. The police produced him earlier than the sub-divisional judicial Justice of the Peace at Latehar in Jharkhand and introduced him to Tiruppur on a transit warrant.
He was produced earlier than the third judicial Justice of the Peace courtroom and remanded in judicial custody on Sunday.
“Four cases have so far been registered in connection with the rumours about the safety of migrant workers. Two persons have been arrested. The investigation is under way in the other cases,” a senior police officer stated.
On March 6, the police arrested Rupesh Kumar, 23, of East Champaran district of Bihar, for sharing a fake video clip on the social media. He was arrested at Wanaparthy district in Telangana. He was produced earlier than the judicial Justice of the Peace in Tiruppur and despatched to judicial remand the subsequent day, the police stated.
Mr. Abhinapu stated, “The cybercrime unit monitors the online activities of those spreading fake news, rumours and hatred. We also send inputs to officials in other States for swift action.”
