Mangaluru, Nov 11: Two trouble mongers have been arrested by the Mangaluru city police for allegedly posting derogatory comment on Facebook and giving death threat to Mangaluru North MLA B A Mohiuddin Bava.
Ashwath Kumar (27), an interior designer, resident of Kodialbail and Yatish A (28), an employee of a finance company and resident of Peruvai are the arrested.
Police said the residents’ association of Angaragundi in Baikampady had planned to hold a Tipu Jayanti on Thursday. The association had invited former Bajrang Dal convener Mahendra Kumar for the as guest. Harris, an office-bearer of the residents' association, had reportedly shared details of the event on his Facebook account four days ago.
On Thursday that Ashwath Kumar and Yatish criticised the association on the social media site for the holding the programme and calling Mahendra Kumar as guest. In one of their comment, arrested youths, referred to the Mangaluru North MLA as 'notorious' legislator and accused of him of having links with terrorist organizations, police said.
Based on the complaint of Harris, Panambur police arrested Kumar and Yatish for offence under the Information Technology Act and section 504 of the Indian Penal Code. The duo was produced before the court, which remanded them to a judicial custody.
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