Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he Jayanagar police on Thursday registered an FIR against BJP woman activist from Tumakuru for spreading fake news on her social media account about National flag.
Based on the complaint from,Mahalakshmamma H N, Police Sub Inspector,Jayanagar Police Station,Tumakuru Town,the police have registered an FIR against Shakuntala Nataraj,charging her under section 153B (Imputations,assertions prejudicial to national integration) .
This is the second such case against Shakuntala as the High grounds police registered a case against her earlier for her objectionable remarks against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family .
The accused shared a fake post on the ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) account stating that the Pakistani flag was hoisted higher than the Indian flag at the Lulu shopping mall in Bengaluru along with a photo.
She also tagged Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar questioning him “ ‘Isn’t there common sense that no other flag should be higher than the flag of India?”she also called upon on her account with hashtag “Boycott Lulu Mall in Bangalore”.
However,the Tumakuru police fact-checked the source of the photo posted by Shakuntala and found it to be a fake post.
Also, it has come to light that this photo has been edited and spread false news on social media.
The police fact checked the post with the district police Headquarter and found that the photo was taken from different angel to incite hatred among the members of general public.
