TamilNTK functionary arrested for malicious video on chopper crash
15 December 2021, 5:46 pm
Coonoor: An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat with his staff and some family members on board, met with an accident near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, December 08, 2021. (Photo:photo screenshot)
A functionary of the Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) was arrested by the police at Keeranur in Pudukottai district for circulating a malicious video in social media over the IAF chopper crash in which CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others died last week.
Police said Balasubramanian (32), secretary of IT wing of the NTK’s Viralimalai assembly constituency was booked under relevant sections of the IPC and the Information Technology (IT) Act for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth and residence and for spreading the message with intent to cause or which is likely to cause fear or alarm among the public.
He was arrested and subsequently remanded in judicial custody on Sunday.
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