Udupi video case: Local court grants anticipatory bail to 3 accused students
PTI. Earlier on 25 July, a case against the three students and the college management was registered by Malpe police for failing to furnish evidence. But on Friday, the the students surrendered before the Additional Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class Court of Judge Shyam Prakash.
The Udupi Police registered two separate FIRs in the matter. The police statement said that they took suo motu cognizance of the incident and two separate cases were registered in connection with the incident. According to the police, one of the FIRs was filed against the three girls and the management of the college administration for allegedly filming a private picture of a person and deleting the said video.
ALSO READ: Udupi video case: BJP worker arrested for tweeting ‘derogatory’ post on CM Siddaramaiah The second case is linked to the uploading of an edited video on YouTube channels. The video was posted allegedly on a Twitter handle, which the police alleged was used to spread fake news and offensive and communal hatred on social media. A case was filed at the Malpe police station for attempting to cause harm to harmony, police said, adding that the matter will be probed.
In another news, a BJP worker, Shakunthala, has been arrested by Karnataka Police following a derogatory twitter post made by the politician against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. High Grounds police arrested BJP worker Shakunthala H S for her tweet targeting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. Quoting a Congress party’s tweet that the video was an "innocent act of children", she took a dig at the Chief Minister.
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