Man held for inflammatory FB post against DK brothers

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The Jayanagar police in the city have arrested a man for making inflammatory and disrespectful remarks on the social media platform Facebook, targeting Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha MP DK Suresh.

According to the sources, the offensive comments against Congress leaders were posted on October 4, where the accused identified by his Facebook profile as Ranjith RM, explicitly wrote, "Kill the DK brothers," in one of his posts.

Following these remarks, Sarath, a Jayanagar Youth Congress leader, promptly lodged a complaint with the police, providing screenshots of Ranjith's contentious posts as evidence.

Acting on the complaint, the jurisdictional police conducted a search operation to locate the accused and successfully apprehended him.

However, it remains uncertain whether the accused has affiliations with any political party.

A case has been registered against Ranjith, and he is currently undergoing an interrogation by the authorities to ascertain the motives behind his incendiary social media posts.