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Arjun Ayanki in custody for social media threat to police SHOs
Arjun Ayanki has been taken into custody by the Kuttampuzha police for allegedly threatening the station house officers of Kothamangalam and Oonnukal via social media, The Hindu reports. The police produced a…
The Story in Brief
Arjun Ayanki has been taken into custody by the Kuttampuzha police for allegedly threatening the station house officers of Kothamangalam and Oonnukal via social media, The Hindu reports. The police produced a warrant at the Thalassery Sub Jail to take him, as he was already in custody for allegedly insulting the Home Minister. After being produced before the Thalassery Chief Judicial Magistrate Court and remanded, the Kuttampuzha police took him.
Separately, police seized a car belonging to his relative in Taliparamba that Ayanki allegedly used while absconding. The car was found abandoned and taken into police custody.
The Indian Opinion
The arrest for threatening police officers is a legitimate law-and-order action, but the sequence of cases against one person, first for insulting the Home Minister, now for threats, invites scrutiny of whether legal machinery is being used proportionally. If the threats are genuine, they must be pursued; if they are exaggerated to keep him imprisoned, trust erodes. The test lies in whether the alleged messages are independently verified and the remand orders address their credibility.
Source: thehindu.com
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