Two SDPI Activists Arrested In Mangaluru For Posting Inciting Messages Against Prime Minister Among Others

Mangaluru police on Tuesday (14 April) arrested two self-confessed SDPI activists for posting content and inciting messages against the highest functionaries of the government of India including the Prime Minister and Home minister. Muhammed Ilyas and Abdul Basheer, said to be the admins of a Facebook page Mikalto Bisaya, were arrested for churning out inciteful content against the Prime Minister and Home Minister of the country. They are said to be part of a larger network that indulges in such content being circulated through the page. The latest post that the page carried at 11pm has a graphic with the image of Home Minsiter Amit Shah calling him a germ that is the fatal for the country. An earlier post has called MP Pratap Simha of Mysuru a terrorist who ‘incited fear by peddling fake news about the virus having infected four people A post three days ago has an image of the Prime Minister with text that mocks the suggestion by PM to use scarfs as masks and carries a caption that calls the government unfit as it is incapable of even providing masks. The page has been carrying posts and images which are extremely derogatory of Hindu saints, seers, national and state leaders, and using mostly unparliamentary language in the same. As you are no doubt aware, Swarajya is, all in all, a reader-subscription-backed business model and in order to make sure we build a media platform with only the best interests of India at heart, we need your backing. And in challenging times like this, we need your support now more than ever—to continue bringing you stories that are often shrugged off. For us to invest in quality reporting and continue bringing you the right stories, it takes a lot of time and money.