Mangaluru: Suratkal Police on Wednesday arrested one person for allegedly sending obscene and vulgar messages to corporator of Mangaluru City Corporation, on WhatsApp.
The arrested accused has been identified as Bharat Shetty (32), a resident of Mudipu in Mangaluru. Bharat is reportedly mentally unstable.
The accused allegedly took the corporator’s number from a media report and starter sending vulgar and indecent messages and images on WhatsApp. The corporator then filed a complaint with local police about the issue and the investigating team arrested Bharat on Wednesday evening.
Bharat was then produced before magistrate after his arrest on Wednesday.