Mangaluru, Mar 2: A case has been registered in Pandeshwar police station in the city against an online commenter for abusing Jesus Christ and Christian beliefs on a news portal.
The complaint was lodged on Monday by Christian community leaders Roy Castelino, Fr. JB Crasta, Stany Alvares, Sheldon Crasta and ICYM director Fr. Ronald D'souza.
It is stated in the complaint that a person named Shri Ram Yadapadittaya has been posting abusive comments against Jesus Christ and the priests and the nuns of Christian community on a Mangaluru based news portal and also on the social networking site Facebook for a few days.
However, the news portal removed the “hate comment” after receiving complaint from the readers.
Since this is act intends to spoil the peace and harmony in the society, the complaints have urged the police to book and arrest the accuse under IPC section 144, 295 A, and 163 A and B.
Prior to lodging the complaint, the delegation also visited the DC office and submitted a memo to DC through ADC Sadashiv Prabhu and Mangaluru City police commissioner S Murugan. The commissioner responded positively and said that the culprit will soon be arrested.
Youth leaders Jackson Saldanha, Sandeep Monteiro were among the present at the occasion.
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