Complaint lodged over fake Facebook page in minister Madhu Bangarappa’s name

SHIVAMOGGA: A fake Facebook page has been created in the name of Primary and Secondary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa with posts against the minister and his party. Based on a complaint from the KPCC Backward Classes cell state convener G D Manjunath, the Cyber, Economic and Narcotics Crime (CEN) division police have registered a case under the IT Act.

The Facebook group has a display picture of the minister and about 58,000 followers. The profile of the user name says ‘Kundapura Virat’ and a post says, “Yeh hai Acche Din. Those who looted the country and were questioning where are the Acche Din, see this and enjoy”, with a picture of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi regarding the National Herald case.

Another post says, “Those who were screaming ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ are themselved the biggest chors”, referring to the ED seizure of properties worth Rs 751 crore in the National Herald case, the complaint said. Also, there were posts against Congress leaders and criticising the Congress guarantee schemes. This was done to make it look like the minister himself was poking fun at the schemes and criticising the party, in order to bring him a bad name, the complaint said and sought action against those responsible.