Karnataka govt to bring habitual cyber offenders under Goonda Act

Habitual cyber offenders will be booked under the amended Goonda Act, which was passed by the state legislature last week, home minister KJ George said on Monday. In a recent case, police have said they were considering invoking the amended Goonda Act against a right-wing activist who had launched verbal attacks on women and posted alleged inflammatory remarks against a minority community on Facebook.

V R Bhat, the accused, was arrested on 2 August. In a complaint filed with police, a woman has alleged that Bhat, in his reply to her Facebook post, made the objectionable remarks. Another complaint by a woman journalist alleged that Bhat made inflammatory remarks against a minority community.