Postcard News website founder arrested for spreading alleged fake news
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 05:01 pm IST
City crime branch police on Thursday arrested Mahesh Vikram Hegde, the founder of news website Postcard News, for spreading alleged fake news through social media posts about a Jain monk being attacked by Muslims.
Confirming the arrest, N Satheesh Kumar, the joint commissioner of police (crime), who heads the CCB, said Hegde was picked up from the central Majestic area of the city. He was produced before a magistrate and sent to police custody for 14 days.
“Contrary to the claims by Hegde, the monk had met with a road accident and sustained the injuries,” Kumar said.
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