Eight arrested for hailing rowdies on social media

The Siddapura constabulary connected Saturday registered an FIR against 8 radical for allegedly hailing anti-social elements arsenic heroes connected societal media.

In an effort to incorporate the increasing craze and followers of specified elements connected societal media, the constabulary tracked down the accused based connected the addresses of the Facebook accounts and opened a history-sheet against them, said Lokesh B Jagalasar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Division.

There were galore students successful the instrumentality page, who person been summoned, questioned, and released aft getting an undertaking from them, a constabulary serviceman said. The thrust to place those promoting and hailing rowdies connected societal media would beryllium monitored and strict enactment volition beryllium taken against them, helium warned.

The accused were promoting and hailing 2 rowdy gangs, including Wilson Garden Nagar and rowdy Mahesh Siddapura, venting ire and promoting enmity connected societal media.

It whitethorn beryllium recalled that the City Police Commissioner has launched a peculiar thrust to incorporate rowdism and anti-social elements successful the city.

The constabulary intensified nighttime patrolling, astonishment checks, and naka bandi (check points) crossed the metropolis and directed the jurisdictional constabulary to instrumentality strict enactment against immoderate violations.