Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, May 29: Bengaluru city crime branch (CCB) police have arrested a person in connection to a fake message related to Saalumarada Thimmakka that was circulated in social media.
The accused, Pradeep Gowda, is a resident of Haradanahalli in KR Nagar, Mysuru.
Award-winning environmental activist Saalumarada Thimmakka and her foster son B N Umesh had on May 26 filed a complaint with Bengaluru city police commissioner regarding a fake message that was being circulated about her.
The fake message claimed that Thimmakka had 'died' and a picture of her 'lifeless body' in a hospital was being circulated in WhatsApp last week.
Based on the complaint, the police arrested Pradeep Gowda.
Pradeep has a Facebook page in his own name. It is alleged that he circulated the fake message from this account by posting it in another page called 'Sneha Loka'. The picture of Thimmakka's 'lifeless body' was accompanying the message was edited using photoshop, it is said.
Further investigations are on.