One held for derogatory comments against Maheshwari community’s Gods

Ahmedabad: City Crime Branch has arrested an accused who posted derogatory comment against Maheshwari community’s God Dhani Matang Dev and Matiya Dev. Maheshwari community is part of Dalit section of society. Maheshwaris had blocked highway and roads in border district Kutch and demanded arrest of culprits over a week ago. State police chief DGP Shivanand Jha had later handed over probe into this case to Ahmedabad city Crime Branch which has developed expertise in solving the cyber crimes.

Accused Sodha has been arrested within 48 hours after probe of the case was handed over to Ahmedabad Crim Branch. Sodha has been sent to police custody on 6-day remand.

Sodha had opened fake accounts under the titles of Royal Sarkar and Jay Bapji. Complaint was filed on 1st of May in A division police station of Bhuj over derogatory comments from these Facebook accounts.

Accused Pradip Sodha was arrested after IP address given by Facebook, logging data analysis and technical study of google and gmail IP. Sodha had made derogatory remarks after arguments over personal chat with a person.

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