Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 25 A case has been registered on Congress MP V M Sudheeran’s complaint over alleged fake news attributed to him regarding the KPCC’s funds for Wayanad disaster victims.
The cyber crime division of the police has registered the FIR against the user of a Facebook account named ‘Akku Akbar’, which had posted the fake news that he had demanded a probe into the utilisation of funds collected by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for building homes for the Wayanad disaster victims.
According to the FIR, the accused put up the social media post on October 8 with the intention of creating a riot in the public and to damage the reputation of Sudheeran.
The case has been registered under Sections 192 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 336 (forgery) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Section 66C (punishment for identity theft) of the Information Technology Act and Section 120(o) (causing, through any means of communication, a nuisance of himself to any person) of the Kerala Police Act.
(PTI News)
