THREE ARRESTED IN BERHAMPUR FOR POSTING FALSE INFORMATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA

II ODISHABARTA II

BERHAMPUR: Police have arrested three persons basing on the strength of the report by Sk.Abdul Khalil under Town Police limit.

In his report Sk.Abdul Khalil alleged that some people have posted some false information in WhatsUp and Social Media for defaming and causing panic amongst public.

After toss investigation and satisfaction Berhampur Town Police registered a case no 61/20 u/s 188/292(A)/500/505(1)(b)/507Ipc/54 of Disaster Management Act 2005 has been registered. Berhampur Police arrested three persons in this regard and forwarded to court this afternoon.

The arrested persons are identified as  Basa Viswesar Rao,of 2nd lane, Prem Nagar, PS.Town, Berhampur,Dibakar Pradhan, of Ramahari Nagar, Kanisi, PS.Golanthara, Berhampur and Saroj Kumar Acharya of Purushottampur the Admin of a particular WhatsApp  group in which the message was posted.