Acellphone shop owner was arrested for reportedly spreading Naxal ideology by allegedly downloading videos, songs, speeches and guerrilla training to the mobile phones.
The youth has been booked under Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, a police official informed here on Sunday. The accused was identified as Kulvardhan Durg Prasad (29) resident of Bijapur.
He used to run a shop by name ‘Mohit Mobile’ in Purana Bus Stand area, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sukhnandan Banjare told The Pioneer over phone.
‘A few days back, we had arrested a suspected youth in Bijapur and while checking his mobile phones we found videos supporting Naxal ideology,’ the DSP said.
The accused then informed us about the shop of Kulvardhan and based on the information, a raid was conducted in his shop, he added. Such kinds of video clips, speeches, MP3 songs etc supporting Naxal ideology is created by ‘Chetna Natya Mandali’ one of the offshoots of banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), the DSP said, adding, the link of the accused with Maoists is being probed.
The DSP further said that the accused without demand also used to download the objectionable videos in the mobile phones. It seems youths were his primary target, the DSP said.
Police have seized a laptop, hard disk and desktop along with other items from his shop. Content available in the gadgets seized will be reviewed by the investigators.later on, the accused was produced in a local court which handed the accused Kulvardhan over to police on two-day police remand.