BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and editors of some Kannada information portals have been booked for allegedly spreading pretend information linking a farmer’s suicide to land disputes with Waqf Board, police stated on Friday.
Sharing the article of the information portals on ‘X’, the Bengaluru South MP on November 7 alleged {that a} farmer in Haveri district died by suicide after discovering his land had been taken over by the Board.
“Of their haste to appease minorities, CM@Siddaramaiah @BZ ZameerAhmed Okay have unleashed catastrophic results in Karnataka which can be turning into unimaginable to comprise with each passing day,” Surya alleged.
The submit was deleted by the MP later after Haveri district Superintendent of Police termed the information article as pretend.
“The information shared is fake. No such incident was reported. The farmer talked about right here, Rudrappa Channappa Balikai suicide was reported on 06/01/2022 and it was reported as a result of mortgage and crop loss,” the SP stated.
A case was registered below 174 CrPC in Adar police station and the ultimate report was already submitted, he acknowledged.
“Based mostly on a grievance by a police official posted on the social media monitoring cell of the Haveri district police, a case was registered towards Tejasvi Surya, editors of Kannada Dunia e-paper and Kannada Information e-paper below part 353 (2) (making, publishing, or circulating statements which can be meant to create or promote emotions of hatred, unwell will, or enmity between completely different teams) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),” a senior police officer stated.
The FIR has been registered at CEN (Cybercrime, Financial Offences, Narcotics) police station in Haveri district, he added.
