Overview
- The City Cybercrime Police registered a suo motu FIR late this week against Kerehalli and associates for online claims targeting DG&IGP M A Saleem.
- Kerehalli is booked under IT Act Section 66C and BNS Sections 196, 353(1)(b) and 197(1)(c), according to the FIR.
- Police say the group live-streamed a visit to a settlement near Swetha Farm in Kemapapura, alleging illegal Bangladeshi migrants were sheltered there.
- Reports identify the property as belonging to Sakina Tasleem, which the group alleged was a ‘benami’ holding linked to Saleem; police describe the assertions as false and provocative.
- The social media monitoring cell flagged the video on January 23, a probe is underway, and this is the third case involving Kerehalli in about ten days following a January 16 arrest in a separate incident.