Overview
- Snehamayi Krishna, a Mysuru-based activist and MUDA complainant, was taken into custody by the Bengaluru Cyber Crime/CCB unit over posts targeting former MUDA commissioner D. B. Natesh.
- An FIR filed on February 18 followed Natesh’s complaint alleging fabricated audio clips, edited photos and forged documents shared via Krishna’s Facebook account.
- Police booked offences under Sections 66C and 66D of the IT Act and Sections 336 and 340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and they continue to question those involved.
- Investigators executed court-approved searches at two Mysuru properties linked to Krishna, seizing devices and materials that they say are being forensically examined.
- According to Bengaluru police, preliminary findings trace the material to misinformation shared during a dispute involving a Mysuru resident identified as Vinod B. N., who has also been detained, while the state has separately rejected Krishna’s bribery claims about Natesh’s promotion as baseless.