Mangalore, Mar 19: Close to the heels of a photoshopped ' image of veteran Congress leader Janardhan Poojary was found doing the rounds on a social networking site, a similar image of Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal depicted in an objectionable manner has brought anguish to a religious community in Mangalore.
In connection to this, leaders from Christian community met the Mangalore city police commissioner R Hithendra and handed over a memorandum urging action against the image uploaded on Facebook.
Members of International Federation of Karnataka Christian Associations (IFKCA) and Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM), along with Konkani Prachar Sanchalan president Stany Alvares, IFKCA president Roy Castelino and ICYM president Sheldon Crasta, submitted the memorandum to the police commissioner.
Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, Mr Hithendra said that a case would be registered once an initial inquiry was made on the matter.
The photoshopped image was discovered on Monday after it was reposted several times on Facebook, after which the original image which was uploaded was deleted from the site.
The Udupi Congress committee also informed the police regarding the same issue on Monday. Udupi SP Dr Boralingaiah said that the police will look into the matter if a written complaint was filed with the police department.
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