<p>The cybercrime police have arrested an Ola cab driver for spreading rumours online about the death of environmentalist, Saalumarada Thimmakka.<br />Pradeep Gowda is believed to have sparked the fake news by sending a dead woman’s photograph and captioning it with Thimmakka’s name. He is a native of Haradanahalli in KR Nagar taluk, Mysuru district, and lives in Balaji Layout, Byadarahalli.<br />N Satheesh Kumar, joint commissioner of police (crime), said:“Following a complaint filed by Umesh Vanasiri, Thimmakka’s foster son, we arrested the accused and produced him before the magistrate. He was later released on a bail.”<br />According to a senior police officer, the rumour began when Gowda posted the morphed image of a dead woman with that of the environmentalist on a Facebook page called Snehaloka. He also shared it on WhatsApp groups.<br />The officer added that people who had photoshopped the image will also be arrested and that all the members of the Facebook page were interrogated.<br /> </p>
<p>The cybercrime police have arrested an Ola cab driver for spreading rumours online about the death of environmentalist, Saalumarada Thimmakka.<br />Pradeep Gowda is believed to have sparked the fake news by sending a dead woman’s photograph and captioning it with Thimmakka’s name. He is a native of Haradanahalli in KR Nagar taluk, Mysuru district, and lives in Balaji Layout, Byadarahalli.<br />N Satheesh Kumar, joint commissioner of police (crime), said:“Following a complaint filed by Umesh Vanasiri, Thimmakka’s foster son, we arrested the accused and produced him before the magistrate. He was later released on a bail.”<br />According to a senior police officer, the rumour began when Gowda posted the morphed image of a dead woman with that of the environmentalist on a Facebook page called Snehaloka. He also shared it on WhatsApp groups.<br />The officer added that people who had photoshopped the image will also be arrested and that all the members of the Facebook page were interrogated.<br /> </p>