<p>The district police have cracked the case with regard to the posting of pro-Pakistan messages on Facebook in Ramdurg town of the district.</p>.<p>Investigations showed that the suspect had created a Facebook account for his friend, Mohammad Shafi Benne of Ramdurg. He was operating the account parallely without Benne's knowledge.</p>.<p>The suspect - Nagaraj Mali of Kankanwadi in Ramdurg taluk - posted pro-Pakistan messages on the account with malicious intent, after Benne refused to lend money to Mali. Police remanded Mali in judicial custody.</p>.<p>Benne had claimed that he he was innocent and filed a complaint, saying his account was hacked. Subsequently, it came to light that the posts had been uploaded from a device other than his mobile phone.</p>.<p>Addressing mediapersons on Monday, Superintendent of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy said the police, on Sunday evening, detained Mali. He said accused Mali was running a computer centre and had created the Facebook account for Benne. Nagaraj, who was earlier a Congress worker, closed down the centre as he suffered losses. Benne had given monetary assistance to the suspect, but distanced himself from Mali after the latter sought more money.</p>.<p>The police have booked a case under various sections of the IT Act. Reddy said those who share and like anti-national messages on the said Facebook account will also be booked. </p>
<p>The district police have cracked the case with regard to the posting of pro-Pakistan messages on Facebook in Ramdurg town of the district.</p>.<p>Investigations showed that the suspect had created a Facebook account for his friend, Mohammad Shafi Benne of Ramdurg. He was operating the account parallely without Benne's knowledge.</p>.<p>The suspect - Nagaraj Mali of Kankanwadi in Ramdurg taluk - posted pro-Pakistan messages on the account with malicious intent, after Benne refused to lend money to Mali. Police remanded Mali in judicial custody.</p>.<p>Benne had claimed that he he was innocent and filed a complaint, saying his account was hacked. Subsequently, it came to light that the posts had been uploaded from a device other than his mobile phone.</p>.<p>Addressing mediapersons on Monday, Superintendent of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy said the police, on Sunday evening, detained Mali. He said accused Mali was running a computer centre and had created the Facebook account for Benne. Nagaraj, who was earlier a Congress worker, closed down the centre as he suffered losses. Benne had given monetary assistance to the suspect, but distanced himself from Mali after the latter sought more money.</p>.<p>The police have booked a case under various sections of the IT Act. Reddy said those who share and like anti-national messages on the said Facebook account will also be booked. </p>
