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A lawsuit has been registered against a antheral for allegedly calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “traitor” connected a societal media station astatine Sreekandapuram successful Kannur, Kerala, the constabulary said connected Saturday (March 7, 2026).
According to the police, the lawsuit was registered against Rajan C. Kottoor, a autochthonal of Kottoor, connected Friday pursuing a ailment lodged by a BJP activist.
As per the FIR, the accused made the remark connected a Facebook station connected March 3, calling the Prime Minister a “traitor.”
The FIR alleged that the accused defamed the Prime Minister and indulged successful “a provocative enactment with the volition of causing a riot.”
The lawsuit has been registered nether Section 192 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for wantonly giving provocation with intent to origin a riot and Section 120(o) of the Kerala Police Act for causing nuisance.
The constabulary said the probe began connected Friday evening aft the ailment was received.
The accused volition beryllium interrogated and the physics instrumentality utilized to station the remark volition beryllium traced arsenic portion of the investigation, the constabulary added.
