HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old migrant labourer has been arrested for allegedly spreading false information about the health of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on a social media platform.
In June this year, the Cyber Crime wing of Hyderabad police had registered a case in this connection, they said.
During the course of the investigation it was revealed that one Panyala Raju, a native of Jagityal district in Telangana and residing in Saudi Arabia had posted the message, police said.
As such the cybercrime police initiated a LOC (Look Out Circular) against him and he was detained by immigration authorities at Mumbai international airport on his arrival from Saudi Arabia on August 14, a release said on Monday.
Based on the information, a police team went to Mumbai and took the accused in custody and brought him to Hyderabad, police added.