Yogesh K Porwar
Karnataka Minister for small scale industries and public enterprises,Vijayanand Kashappanavar has approached the cybercrime police,alleging that unidentified persons have circulated a fake and defamatory video targeting him on social media.
The minister’s personal assistant has lodged an official complaint with the Cyber Crime Police,alleging that the video was deliberately created and circulated with the intention of damaging the minister’s reputation.
The complaint has urged the police to initiate stringent legal action against those responsible for making the video viral and tarnishing the image of both the minister and the state government.
The police have registered a complaint and initiated an investigation to identify those behind the circulation of the video.
The development comes amid a series of complaints by Karnataka political leaders over alleged fake videos and misleading content being circulated on social media.
A senior police officials said that the complaint has been received and initiated preliminary enquiry.Based on the findinds further legal action will be initiated .
