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The alleged effort to defame Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) State president Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal has taken a superior turn, with the constabulary uncovering an extortion bid linked to the case.
The constabulary person intensified the hunt for 1 Mohammed Roshan, a autochthonal of Perinthalmanna successful Malappuram territory of Kerala, successful transportation with the incident.
According to the police, a fake societal media station circulated astir a week agone to defame Mr. Thangal was portion of a larger plan. The constabulary said the station followed an earlier effort to extort wealth utilizing immoderate doctored visuals of the IUML leader.
Mr. Roshan is accused of approaching Mr. Thangal’s nephew, Syed Mueenali Shihab Thangal, successful January and demanding ₹15 crore to withhold allegedly delicate visuals. The constabulary said helium is absconding and is believed to person near the district.
The lawsuit was registered aft Mr. Mueenali Thangal filed a ailment with the District Police Chief. The constabulary said they person collected grounds linking Mr. Roshan to the extortion and vilification attempts. In his complaint, Mr. Mueenali Thangal said the accused archetypal demanded wealth and aboriginal issued threats to his life.
The constabulary said that erstwhile the threats were ignored, Mr. Roshan allegedly posted a morphed photograph to defame Mr. Thangal utilizing a fake Facebook relationship named Shan Shanu. The station was deleted the aforesaid time aft IUML nationalist wide caput P.K. Kunhalikutty raised the issue.
The constabulary said they were examining if much radical were involved. Further details could beryllium unveiled lone erstwhile Mr. Roshan is arrested and questioned, said the police.
A lawsuit has been registered against him nether Sections 192 (fabricating mendacious evidence), 308(4) (extortion involving threats of superior harm), and 351(4) (aggravated transgression intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), on with Section 66(D) of the IT Act for cyber fraud and Section 120(o) of the Kerala Police Act for obstructing a constabulary investigation.
The constabulary said the case, initially seen arsenic a societal media defamation issue, present involves a larger and much superior extortion attempt.
