The accused, with the intention of creating communal tension among different religions, created photos of sexually explicit content, morphed images of religious beliefs, which were controversial and spread rumours, and circulated the posts on social media accounts through fake IDs.
Mrinal Deka, DCP (East) of Guwahati police said that, in connection with the death of an infant girl at Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), they arrested a woman.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that acting swiftly on forward and backward linkages, CI Jalandhar, recovered one 86P Hand Grenade following the arrest of two BKI operatives
The Operation Kalnemi was started by the Uttarkhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami against impersonators who cheated people in the name of religion by playing with their feelings and beliefs in Devbhoomi.
Divulging the details, the SSP said that the arrested duo have been identified as Sumit Bishnoi, a resident of village Lakhasar in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district and Pankaj Malik, a resident of village Saragthal in Rajasthan's Sonipat district.
The arrests follow a formal complaint Ramya lodged with Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar a few days ago. She claimed that several netizens sent her obscene messages and issued rape and death threats.
One man was arrested by Saifabad Police, Hyderabad City, for allegedly assaulting, wrongfully restraining and Criminal Intimidation of a man and a woman at NTR Marg and by spreading the video of the incident, inciting and promoting religious enmity through social media.
"Five Indians and two Nigerians of a cheating syndicate operating nationwide have been arrested... They used to gain people's confidence by offering fake lottery tickets, gift or prize schemes, or by impersonating a woman," DCP Singh told ANI.