A Hindu youth from Karnataka was arrested on the charges of posting objectionable and indecent messages on Facebook using an account with a Muslim name.
Identified as Divin Devaiah, a resident of Kedamulluru in Virajpet Taluk in the Kodagu district of Karnataka, the accused through his fake account, posted defamatory and insulting messages on the Hindu goddess Cauvery, which the local Kodava community worships as their deity.
The Hindu youth also posted derogatory messages targeting women belonging to the Kodava community posing as a Muslim.
Kodagu is a bastion of the BJP and several Hindu organizations are active in this district. The unsavory posts by the Hindu youth took a communal turn as various Hindu organizations gave ‘bandh’ calls condemning the posts. Kodagu is considered a communally sensitive region that faced threats to its law and order situation.
As per a repory by Muslim Mirror, The Karnataka police took the help of Mumbai police that got the inputs from California City about the fake FB account and passed on the inputs to local police. The Karnataka police, Following the lead, nabbed the accused who turned out to be a Hindu youth.