Bengaluru: A special court here has directed the city police to register a criminal case against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar along with the Congress State IT cell head B R Naidu for allegedly using a ‘fabricated’ image of a protest by BJP leaders on the official social media platforms of the Congress.
The BJP Legal Cell state convener Yogendra Hodaghatta lodged a complaint with the Special Court for MPs/MLAs stating that the post used a false document to create enmity between communities.
The case against DK Shivakumar comes weeks after the BJP leaders launched a campaign 'I'm also a Karsevak, Arrest Me Too' following the arrest of Srikanth Pujari, a Kar Sevak.
Pujari was arrested from Hubballi for his alleged involvement in the riots that broke out after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992.
The Congress IT Cell allegedly morphed the writing on the placards making it look like a confessional statement of scams and other irregularities and posted them on social media.
One of the posts featured a photo of BY Vijayendra holding a placard that reads, "I have taken a bribe of Rs 40,000 crore through RTGS, arrest me."
The same was shared from the social media handle of Shivakumar, also the Karnataka Congress chief.
The court directed the station house officer of the High Grounds police station to book a case under Section 156(3) of the CrPC.
With PTI inputs