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Mangaluru: The Mangaluru city police have arrested a man accused of posting content inciting hatred on social media in 2024.
Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H said that the arrested is Felix Edward Mathais (56).
In February 2024, a derogatory post targeting the Bhagavad Gita and women was circulated on social media. In connection with this, Kankanady Town Police Station had registered a case under IPC Sections 153(A), 504, 507, 509, Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act.
At the time the case was filed, Felix Mathais - originally from Charkop, Mumbai - was working in Saudi Arabia, and could not be arrested. Based on the report, authorities issued a Look-Out Circular (LOC) against him.
The Commissioner informed that on December 5, when the accused arrived from abroad at Mumbai International Airport, immigration officials detained him and alerted the Mangaluru Police.
He was arrested at the airport, brought to Mangaluru for further investigation, and produced before the court.
A report has also been submitted to the court seeking to impound his passport. The arrested has been remanded in judicial custody.
The Commissioner said that another accused in the same case, Ewigin John D’Souza (57), had already been arrested on August 11, 2024, and produced before the court.