Bengaluru police have filed a criminal case against a woman for putting objectionable posts in her Facebook page against newly appointed Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The woman, Prabha N Belavangala, who has now withdrawn her posts saying she had only forwarded the posts has to face criminal case based on the complaint by the BJP Yuva Morcha.
According to police, based on the complaint by the BJP they have filed an FIR for posting objectionable posts against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in her FB page. A First Information Report was filed against the woman on complaint of BJP Yuva Morcha members, said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) S Ravi. “The BJP Yuva Morcha members filed a complaint against Prabha N Belavangala for uploading objectionable posts on her Facebook page, depicting UP CM in a poor light,” Ravi told the media.
He said the FIR has been filed under Indian Penal Code sections pertaining to defamation, promoting enmity on grounds of religion, conducing mischief besides offences under the Information Technology Act, 2000. In its complaint, the BJP Yuva Morcha accused the woman of posting “obscene, morphed and tampered” images, purported to be of UP Chief Minister Adityanath, on the social media site, he said.
According to Sapthagiri Gowda president of Bengaluru city BJP Yuva Morcha alleged that images prima facie appear to be morphed and digitally tampered, and also “depicted Adityanath in a very poor light and is highly defamatory in nature.” He also alleged that Prabha has acted knowing fully well that it would cause the breach of public peace and also argued that the Facebook posts violate several penal provisions. Gowda alleged that Prabha is a “habitual mischief and rumour monger” and had even earlier tried to create disharmony in society by publishing inflammatory content on Facebook.