Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Jun 7: An activist who put up a defamatory post on social media against Dinesh Amin Mattu, journalist and former media advisor to former chief minister Siddaramaiah, has been arrested by D J Halli police.

B.R. Bhaskar Prasad, a resident of Nelamangala put up a post on Facebook alleging that Mattu had given a contract to get columnist Rohith Chakratheertha and himself killed. He also put a 40 minute video with different allegations against Mattu. The post, which was intimidating, aimed to instigate pro-Hindu groups to attack Mattu.

Mattu approached the police station and registered an FIR against Prasad.

When the police went to question Prasad on Tuesday night, he supposedly did not open the door for a long time. The cops then questioned him and when he was asked to accompany them to station, he asked time till Wednesday morning. As a result, the cops had to stand guard from 2 am to 6 am outside his house to make sure he does not escape.

In the morning, when the cops were about to arrest Prasad, he complained of chest pain and was shifted to Jayadeva Hospital.

Prasad’s advocate met him in the hospital. Prasad was taken into custody by the police after he was discharged around 2 pm.

Prasad has been booked under sections 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 118 (concealing design to commit an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.