Facebook page under police scanner for defamatory post on murdered Bajrang Dal activist
India Today
A probe has been initiated against a Facebook page titled 'Mangalore Muslims' for posting derogatory content about the 23-year-old Bajrang Dal activist killed in Karnataka's Shivamogga on Sunday night.
Karnataka police have taken note of a Facebook page used for posting derogatory content about the 23-year-old Bajrang Dal activist killed in Shivamogga on Sunday night. Harsha, a resident of Seegehatti, was stabbed by unidentified men in Shivamogga's Bharati Colony area around 9.30 pm.
A suo motu case has now been registered at the Cyber, Economic and Narcotics Offences police station against the administrators of the Facebook page on the basis of a complaint by head constable Raja M of the social media division.
In his complaint, the head constable stated that a Facebook page titled 'Mangalore Muslims' had on Monday uploaded a post referring to Harsha in abusive terms.
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The post went further to allege that Harsha had insulted the Prophet in 2015 and that he was killed for mocking the Prophet.
The complainant goes on to say, "The post further implied that anyone who insults the Prophet, such as Ajit Hanamakkanavar, will not be forgotten by 'Mangalore Muslims' page.
"Mangalore Muslims page will give a clue to today's murder to police and the government. The post claimed that 'to know the truth, arrest Eshwarappa and investigate him and make him confess that he gave contract to Muslims to kill Harsha."
