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Amid what looks similar a steep emergence successful cyber frauds, often involving hefty sums of money, which necessitate extended investigation, the cyber helping of the constabulary seems to beryllium burdened with a antithetic task these days — woody with a acceptable of complaints involving governmental leaders oregon enactment supporters.
While the latest specified case, registered implicit a ailment by CPI(M) person successful Ernakulam K.J. Shine implicit the alleged slanderous remarks made against her connected cyberspace, has grabbed wider attention, with the constabulary acting swiftly and arresting YouTuber K.M. Shajahan, archetypal accusation reports (FIRs) registered this twelvemonth amusement that the cyber helping of the City constabulary has been dealing with much complaints involving politicians.
The cases nether probe by the Cyber Crime Police, Kochi City, see a defamation ailment filed by Ernakulam MP Hibi Eden, incidentally the hostile of Ms. Shine successful the Lok Sabha elections held past year. The lawsuit registered implicit Mr. Eden’s ailment pertains to the alleged slanderous comments made against him done societal media implicit the Munambam onshore dispute. The FIR was filed connected January 15, 2025.
While the ailment was filed against an unnamed proprietor of a peculiar X handle, the metropolis cyber constabulary past period recorded a lawsuit suo motu against arguable YouTuber T.P. Nandakumar for allegedly making obscene remarks against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan successful a video.
“A idiosyncratic was arrested and released successful the lawsuit related to Mr. Eden’s complaint, portion Mr. Nandakumar has moved a tribunal successful Kozhikode for anticipatory bail,” an serviceman with the cyber constabulary said.
Two akin cases were registered astatine the cyber constabulary presumption based connected complaints filed by 2 elder tv journalists this year. While the archetypal case, registered connected January 4, 2025, is related to an alleged fake contented published done a Facebook leafage titled ‘CPI(M) Kerala Cyber Wing’, the 2nd lawsuit has been booked implicit contents circulated done a WhatsApp radical named ‘UDF Family Club (Mission 2025)‘.
A probe is connected into a ailment registered by erstwhile Muvattupuzha MP P.C. Thomas excessively implicit the alleged hacking of his WhatsApp account.
